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LOT 0312
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Borre Style Disc Brooch
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (11 grams, 30.5 mm).
Domed disc brooch with low-relief Borre style looped tendrils motif, lug and catch to the reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Kershaw, J.F., Viking identities: Scandinavian jewellery in England, Oxford, 2013, figure 3.30.
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LOT 0312
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Borre Style Disc Brooch
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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