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Tierkopf von einem Langschiff, wikingisch, Skandinavien, 7. - 9. Jahrhundert

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€ 26 000
Auction dateClassic
26.05.2021 10:00UTC +02:00
Auctioneer
Hermann Historica
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Germany, Grasbrunn / München
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Lot 564 | Tierkopf von einem Langschiff, wikingisch, Skandinavien, 7. - 9. Jahrhundert
Tierkopf von einem Langschiff, wikingisch, Skandinavien, 7. - 9. Jahrhundert
Eichenholz mit dunkler Alterspatina. Vollplastisch geschnitzter Kopf wohl eines Ebers mit geöffnetem Maul und angelegten Ohren. Auf der Rückseite große rechteckige Montageöffnung. Auf modernem Metallständer ausstellungsfertig montiert. Größe des Kopfes 12 x 23 x 14 cm, Höhe auf Ständer 29 cm.
Der Überlieferung nach in den 1930ern als Baggerfund aus der Schelde nahe Antwerpen geborgen. Wohl ehemals Bestandteil des Figurenschmucks eines wikingischen Langbootes. Radiocarbon-Test mit einer Altersbestimmung zwischen den Jahren 660 und 870 liegt bei.

Provenienz: Ex Sammlung Mr. & Mrs. Gabrielse, Middelburg (NL), 2008 bei Dick Meijer Antiques in Amsterdam erworben, davor in einer Privatsammlung in Brüssel.

Zustand: III
A Scandinavian Viking boar's head from a ship, 7th - 9th century
Oak with a dark age patina. Fully sculpted, carved head presumably of a wild boar with open snout, its ears laid back. A large, rectangular mounting hole on the back. Mounted on a modern metal stand, ready for exhibition. Size of the head 12 x 23 x 14 cm, height including stand 29 cm.
By all accounts, it was excavated from the river Scheldt, near Antwerp, by a digger during the 1930s. It was presumably originally part of the figurehead on a Viking longboat. The results of a radiocarbon test, dating the head between the years 660 and 870, are included.

Provenance: From the collection of Mr. & Mrs. Gabrielse, Middelburg (NL), acquired from Dick Meijer Antiques in Amsterdam in 2008, previously in a private Brussels collection.

Condition: III
Auction house category:Middle Ages and modern times
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