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LOT 2088
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Gilt Bronze Borre Style Trefoil Panelled Domed Disc Brooch with Three Bear's Heads
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.07 grams, 26.1 mm).
Discoid with inward-facing Borre-style animal heads arranged in three sections separated by a central trefoil; remains of a 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 3.7.
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LOT 2088
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Gilt Bronze Borre Style Trefoil Panelled Domed Disc Brooch with Three Bear's Heads
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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