Viking Handbag Lock with Dragon 10th-12th century AD A...
Viking Handbag Lock with Dragon 10th-12th century AD
A bronze bag device formed as a foliate quatrefoil with openwork design of a coiled dragon; to the reverse a pinned plaque holding in place an extendable bar. 7.8 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private ring collection; acquired before 1990.
Literature
Cf. Kolchin, B.A. Drevniy Novgorod. Prikladnoye iskusstvo i arkheologiya, Moscow, 1985, p.84, fig.157, for similar imagery: https://imgur.com/P6ECcOn.
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Viking Handbag Lock with Dragon 10th-12th century AD
A bronze bag device formed as a foliate quatrefoil with openwork design of a coiled dragon; to the reverse a pinned plaque holding in place an extendable bar. 7.8 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private ring collection; acquired before 1990.
Literature
Cf. Kolchin, B.A. Drevniy Novgorod. Prikladnoye iskusstvo i arkheologiya, Moscow, 1985, p.84, fig.157, for similar imagery: https://imgur.com/P6ECcOn.
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