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LOT 1521
Large Viking Age Bronze Decorated Penannular Brooch
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (109 grams, 10 mm wide).
Featuring square-section terminals and lentoid-section hoop decorated on the shoulders of the upper face with a pecked geometric motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. The British Museum, museum number 1852,0329.148, for a similar brooch.
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