Bidspirit auction | VIKING SILVER FIGURINE OF A

VIKING SILVER FIGURINE OF A MAN - Ca. AD 700 - 1000. A cast silver figurine depicting a standing male figure with stylised facial features. He wears a long tunic with incised vertical folds and a belt at the waist, the upper garment decorated with a panel of semicircular motifs. Both arms extend from the body, and the legs are rendered as two short stumps. The reverse is flat and undecorated.For similar see: G. G. Campell, The Viking Art, Thames and Hudson, p. 160, gig. 189-190.Size: 30.5mm x 14.5mm; Weight: 4gProvenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market, 1990s.