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LOT 1443
Viking Age Bronze Bracelet with Interlaced Design
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (40.9 grams, 79 mm).
With vertical bands and beast-head finials, high-relief braid detailing. [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.VII (10), for type.
Footnotes
The bracelet finds comparison with those of the Proto-Baltic Finnic Culture. In the Pre-Viking and Viking ages, later forms of this bracelet type were used in Baltic lands mainly in north-western Estonia, Virumaa, Järvamaa, and northern Tartumaa. The latest bracelets of this type, from the 9th century, display a longitudinal groove on their terminals. All bracelets with thickening terminals have been usually found in burials, hoards, or as stray finds.
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