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LOT 1237

Scandinavian Viking Drum Brooch with Interlaced Panels

8TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/4 in. (71.6 grams total, 45 mm).

A copper-alloy hollow drum-shaped brooch with four raised arms and central knop to the upper face; the outer sidewall with four panels of knotwork, dividing panels with dotted motif, D-shaped protrusion; the upper face with dense zoomorphic ornament; pin and catchplate to the reverse, five studs retaining the bottom plate to the upper.

Provenance

UK gallery, acquired in the 2000s.
Property of an English gentleman.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11406-192532.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 1.9; and cf. Hammond, A.B., Benet's Artefacts of England & the united Kingdom, Fourth Edition, 2021, p.497, VO7-42257, for similar valued £8,000-£10,000.

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LOT 1237

Scandinavian Viking Drum Brooch with Interlaced Panels

Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)

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