A SILVER-GILT COPPER ALLOY ZOOMORPHIC MOUNT
CIRCA LATE 8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
A SILVER-GILT COPPER ALLOY ZOOMORPHIC MOUNT CIRCA LATE 8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D. In the form of an animal head with mouth agape from which emerges an upward curving tongue terminating in a bird with head turned back, its beak nestling between its wings, another smaller downward protruding tongue terminates in a small stylized head, under the right cheek of the animal head extends another zoomorphic head, all with inlaid eyes probably of glass 1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm.) long
A SILVER-GILT COPPER ALLOY ZOOMORPHIC MOUNT
CIRCA LATE 8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
A SILVER-GILT COPPER ALLOY ZOOMORPHIC MOUNT CIRCA LATE 8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D. In the form of an animal head with mouth agape from which emerges an upward curving tongue terminating in a bird with head turned back, its beak nestling between its wings, another smaller downward protruding tongue terminates in a small stylized head, under the right cheek of the animal head extends another zoomorphic head, all with inlaid eyes probably of glass 1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm.) long
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