Viking Age Bronze Crescentic Collar

9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

6 1/8 in. (32 grams, 15.7 cm).

Broad flat-section collar with tapering ends, hook-and-eye closure (eye absent); traces of mineralise hair or textile in the corrosion products. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, p.309, for type.

CONDITION

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