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LOT 1370
Viking Age Bronze Artefact Collection
6TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 3/4 in. (42.6 grams, 25-44 mm).
Comprising: a domed mount with a pounced fantastical sea creature in low relief, the head modelled in raised relief; equal-arm brooch with central flower head flanked by scrolled crosses, vertical ribs between, remains of pin lug and catchplate to reverse; mount with trefoil finial and possible zoomorphic scheme. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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