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LOT 0316

Large Viking Age Bronze Brooch with Duck-Foot Pendants

8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

6 1/2 in. (157 grams, 16.5 cm).

Comprising a broad hoop with beaded base and rim, small bronze pin, bands of applied beading; above, plaque with applied scrolls and beading, granule clusters; to the lower edge an arc of loops each with a pendant chain and duck-foot dangle; Finno-Ugric type.

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, tables XX, and LI, for development of the type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0316

Large Viking Age Bronze Brooch with Duck-Foot Pendants

Sold for (Inc. bp): £494

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