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LOT 1457

Sold for (Inc. bp): £442

LARGE VIKING PERIOD DECORATED BRONZE ARMLET
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (215 grams, 10.3 cm).

Of penannular form, with raised perimeters to both faces and bifacial punched geometric motifs, including to the side edge. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1852,0329.194, for similar identified as Latgalian.

CONDITION
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