Viking Age Bronze Double Horse Pendant with Bell Dangles

8th-10th century A.D. Pendant plaque formed with addorsed horse-heads and row of loops below, each with a short chain and bell-shaped dangle; Finno-Ugric type; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XXIC, items 8, 19, for type. 143 grams total, pendant: 96 mm (18.4 cm including stand) (3 3/4 in. (7 1/4 in.).

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.