Viking Bronze Zoomorphic Pin-Joint Plaque

8TH-9TH CENTURY AD

4 3/4" (32 grams, 12 cm).

A cast flat-section plaque with angled lower end, scrolled bulb to the upper end, chip-carved zoomorphic Style III ornament in three bands; loop-and-tongue motif to the lower finial; to the reverse, two parallel longitudinal plates pierced to accept mounting pins for bead swags, one glass bead trapped between.

Provenance

Property of a London gentleman; acquired in the 1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 1039

Viking Bronze Zoomorphic Pin-Joint Plaque

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,260

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