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LOT 1713
Viking Age Bronze Bar with Button Neck Torc
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/4 in. (82 grams, 21 cm).
Round-section bar with loop to one end and stud to the other; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, p.309, item 32; see Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, LXI, 32; XCII, 19, for similar items.
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