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LOT 1731
Viking Period Carved Stone Frieze Fragment
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
4 1/2 in. (734 grams, 11.6 cm).
Rectangular soapstone block with incised design of loop tendril with segmented ornament, interlaced with a place three-loop motif; felt pad to underside. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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