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LOT 1515
Viking Age Bronze Annular Brooch
10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (8.6 grams, 34 mm).
Formed as a slightly domed upper face decorated with Jellinge Style zoomorphic ornament in low relief, pierced to accept a slender bronze pin. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.IX, 9, for type.
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