Scandinavian Viking Gilt Bronze Tortoise Brooch

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

4 1/4 in. (153 grams, 10.7 cm).

Of Type P 51 B4 (Jansson 1984b); double-shelled with detached openwork zoomorphic top shell studded with five projecting bosses, alternating chased zoomorphic and geometric panels below; flange rim with ornamental shaping; concave underside with pin-lugs and catchplate.

Provenance

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

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.200460.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 4.7; Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id. LON-F2F201, for a very similar 10th century example.

CONDITION

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LOT 0334