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LOT 1483
Large Viking Age Bronze Decorated Penannular Brooch
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (160 grams, 10.2 cm wide).
Comprising facetted terminals and free-running tongue, decorated with three zones of geometric motifs, incised bands to the pin head. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. The British Museum, museum number 1921,1101.200, for a comparable brooch.
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