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LOT 1572
Viking Age Bronze Bracelet Group
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (37.2 grams total, 61-62 mm).
Comprising: one with body formed as a guilloche, serpent-head finials; one with rounded ends to the shank. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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