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LOT 1214

Viking Age Bronze Decorated Bracelet

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 7/8 in. (28 grams, 48mm).

With penannular hoop, snaking vertical grooves and large dimples, terminals formed as snake's head swallowing its tail. [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 (9).

Footnotes

A similar bracelet, with deep wavy furrows and stamped rows of circles, was found on the remains of the right forearm bones of a female, in grave 1081 of Hemlanden Birka cemetery. These bracelets, as visible in this grave, were usually worn in pairs on both arms, or - like in the case of the Birka grave - paired with another kind of bracelet.

CONDITION

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LOT 1214

Viking Age Bronze Decorated Bracelet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

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