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LOT 0392
Scandinavian Viking Bronze Boar Brooch with Figures
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (42.8 grams, 51 mm).
Formed in two sections with a decorative upper element attached to a plain back-plate with pin, pin-lugs and catchplate intact; hollow upper section divided by a heavy median rib with figural and zoomorphic ornament in the outer panels, coiled and linear bands to the lower edges and rear panel; lobed ears to the corners of the wider end. [No Reserve]
Provenance
UK collection, previously acquired in the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian collector living in Ontario; acquired 2018.
Literature
Cf. Franceschi, G., Asger, J. & Magnus, B., Mennesker, Guder og Masker i Nordisk Jernalderkunst, Bind 1, Silkeborg, 2005, figs.130-1.
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