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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.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, tables XX, and LI, for development of the type.
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LOT 0316
Large Viking Age Bronze Brooch with Duck-Foot Pendants
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