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LOT 1007

Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,456

VIKING GOLD TWISTED BRACELET
11TH-13TH CENTURY AD
2 3/4" (16 grams, 69mm).

A penannular gold bracelet formed from two twisted wire rods wound about each other, with carinated loop terminals.

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a noble Russian family by descent, before 1975. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate.

PUBLISHED:
Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Sedov, V.V. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhy Srednevekoviya, Moscow, 1987, plate LXXI, item 3.

CONDITION