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Lot no. 435
VIKING BRONZE OPENWORK APPLIQUÉ IN THE FORM OF A HORSE AND RIDER Ca. AD 900. A bronze openwork appliqué depicting a stylised horse and mounted warrior. The figure sits upright with bent arms extended and a large, angular face shown in profile. The horse is rendered in a dynamic pose, its arched neck and extended limbs creating open spaces within the composition. The reverse is hollow. For similar see: S. Moscati, Palazzo Grassi, Venezia, I Celti, Bompiani, 1989, La necropolis di Jogasses, p. 131. Size: 42mm x 31mm; Weight: 8g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market in the 1990s.
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