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LOT 342 Viking Age Horse Harness Set with Chamfron Crest Holder

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c.10th century A.D. A gilt-bronze Alanian or Saltovo culture horse harness assemblage with Scandinavian decorationprising: twelve piriform plaques each with a central cell; eleven smaller rectangular plaques; a chamfron or bridle cap with running interlace decoration to the rim, reserved images of human and animal figures, central plume-holder; a quantity of smaller fittings. Cf. Petru-Mircea, I., ‘Spar av vikingatid i Rumanien’, in Pilz, E., Bysans och Norden. Akta for Nordiska forskarkursen i bysantinsk konstvetenskap, 1986, Stockholm, 1989, pp.191-202; Gorelik, M., ‘Arms and Armour in South-Eastern Europe in the Second Half of the First Millennium AD’ in Nicolle, D.,panion to Medieval Arms and Armour, Woodbridge, 2002, pp.127-148. 468 grams total, 11-113 mm (1/2 - 4 1/2 in."). Private European collection, 1980s. Central London collection, Westminster, UK. Apanied by a detailed report by Anglo-Saxon and Viking specialist Stephen Pollington and military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is apanied by AIAD certificate no.10920-181154. The decoration of the cap indicates that the items were possiblymissioned by a chieftain with Scandinavian taste, although the workman is mainly eastern European. There is strong evidence of burning, indicating that the items were deposited after cremation. [74]Condition Report: Fine condition. Rare.

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