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LOT 0350

Estimate
GBP (£) 800 - 1,000
EUR (€) 930 - 1,160
USD ($) 1,070 - 1,340

VIKING AGE BRONZE CHAINED EQUAL-ARM BROOCH SET
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
30 3/4 in. (252 grams total, 78 cm long).

Each link in the chain composed of three separate hoops, the equal-arm brooches with decoration in high-relief and remains of pin-lugs and catchplate to reverse.

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

LITERATURE:
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.80.

CONDITION
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