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LOT 1675
Viking Period Bronze Horseman Appliqué
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (14.91 grams, 60 mm).
Convex in section with hollow reverse, rider with one hand gripping the horse's mane and the other on its rump; Finno-Ugrian type. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XX (2), for type.
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