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LOT 1740
Large Viking Age Bronze Bar with Coiled Wire Neck Torc
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/2 in. (182 grams, 21.5 cm).
Round-section rod with ribbing, heart-shaped loop to one end and arched catchplate to the other. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Literature
See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, for similar items.
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