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LOT 1718
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]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, p.309, for type.
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