
The decisive impetus for the development of the Oseberg style was the introduction of the so-called gripping animal, an unspecified animal-like creature whose forms were smoothly adapted to the respective requirements. The origin of the beast of prey can perhaps be found in lion depictions in Carolingian and Anglo-Saxon art, knowledge of which spread from the Frankish Empire to northern Europe.
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