Viking Age Gilt Horse Harness Pendant with Warrior and Horses
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10th-12th century A.D. A gilt-bronze pendant formed as a beaded circular frame enclosing a facing warrior (or deity) wearing a conical helmet, broad belt and tight-fitting trousers, with both hands raised holding the reins of two horses depicted as the addorsed foreparts with ribbed halters and bridles; suspension stud above with looped rosette motif; attached to a ferrous mount fragment below; mounted on a custom-made perspex stand. Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, table LVI, for type. 55 grams total, 11 x 5 cm (4 3/8 x 2 in.). Ex French collection. Acquired 2018 from a Paris gallery.
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Viking Age Gilt Horse Harness Pendant with Warrior and Horses
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