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LOT 1772
Pre-Viking Bronze Penannular Brooch Collection
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 4 in. (56 grams total, 3.6-10 cm).
Penannular brooches each with two parallel arms running perpendicular to the ends of the ring; Finnish or Baltic type. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Literature
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XXVIII(2,3), XXXIII item 11.
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