Viking Bronze Urnes Style Entwined Beast Mount

11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/2 in. (10.2 grams, 39 mm).

Comprising a short shank and entwined beast forming a voided circle with tendrils; rim pierced in three places to accept attachment pins. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Literature

See Owen, O.A., A catalogue and re-evaluation of the Urnes style in England, Durham e-thesis, 1979, for a full discussion of similar mounts found in England.

CONDITION

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LOT 1456