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LOT 2153
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Gilt Bronze Borre Style Disc Brooch with Animal Heads
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (9.85 grams, 26.7 mm).
Discoid with inward-facing Borre-style animal heads arranged in three sections, pelleted decoration to the border and central trefoil; catchplate 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 3.10.
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LOT 2153
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Gilt Bronze Borre Style Disc Brooch with Animal Heads
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£90 (EUR 104; USD 122) +BP*
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