10th-12th century AD. A bronze brooch with openwork circular body decorated with alternating bands of ribs and chevrons, addorsed horse head terminal above four applied coiled discs, eight rings to the lower edge, each with a coiled figure-of-eight loop and webbed-foot dangle; loop to the inner face with articulate tongue for attachment. Cf. Golubeva, L.A., Zoomorfniye Ukrasheniia Finno-Ugrov, Moscow, 1979, pl.6, item 4, for type. 87 grams, 14.2cm (5 1/2"). Property of a London gallery; previously in a London private collection; formerly acquired in the 1970s. Condition Report Fine condition.