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LOT 1478

Viking Age Bronze Bracelet with Interlaced Design

9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

2 7/8 in. (85 grams, 73 mm).

With raised ribs delimiting the ornamental zones, hollow to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.109(5).

CONDITION

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LOT 1478

Viking Age Bronze Bracelet with Interlaced Design

Sold for (Inc. bp): £182

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