Viking / Saxon Silver-Gilt Zoomorphic Mount

8TH CENTURY AD

1 1/4" (5.56 grams, 30 mm).

A cast elliptical plaque, hollow to the reverse, with openwork design of two ravens pecking at the underside of a beast's head, with an inverted beast's head below, pierced.

Provenance

Ex Continental collection; acquired Germany, in 1994.

Literature

Cf. stylistic parallels in Hammond, B. British Artefacts vol.2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010, p.89 and Tassilokalkstil on p.29.

CONDITION

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LOT 0508

Viking / Saxon Silver-Gilt Zoomorphic Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,694

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