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LOT 1415
Viking Age Bronze Borre-Style Tortoise Brooch
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (63 grams, 77 mm).
Composed of a domed elliptical body with flange, four Borre-style faces with pellet eyes to the centre of a panel of body parts and hatching with two more faces to the narrow ends. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Petersen, J., Vikingetidens Smykker, Stavanger, 1928, p.55, fig.48, 49 (Petersen types P48, P49).
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