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LOT 1684
Scandinavian Viking Bronze Tortoise Brooch
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (82 grams, 10 cm).
Comprising a domed openwork shell with raised ornament of five D-shaped studs amid bands of three-ply knotwork in panels; frieze of profile beasts to the lower edge, flange rim; inner shell with catch and pin-hinge to the reverse with mineralised remains of ferrous pin and textile backing.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Hildebrand, H., Kongl. Vitterhets Historie Och Antiqvitets Akademiens Manadsblad, Stockholm, 1876, fig.82; Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Graeber, Uppsala, 1940, fig.151.
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