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LOT 0328
Scandinavian Viking Silver-Gilt Oseberg Style Brooch
9TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (8.88 grams, 50 mm).
Plate brooch formed as an advancing animal executed in early Oseberg Style with looped tendrils around the body; pin-lugs and catch to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13091-248792.
Cf. similar in Kulturhistorisk Museum, Oslo under Item ID C27220/n.
FootnotesRemarkably similar to the famous brooch from Lamøen, Vestfold, Norway, the brooch retains much of its original gilding.
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