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LOT 1703
Viking Bronze Strap End with Bear's Heads
11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (11.04 grams, 40 mm).
Bifacial strap end comprising slot flanked by two D-section bear-head panels each with rivets through the ears; ribbed collar developing to a flared cone, narrow waist and biconvex finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Lincolnshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
LiteratureSee Williams, D., Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, York, 1997, for discussion.
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