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LOT 1197

Viking Age Bronze Decorated Bracelet

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 3/4 in. (63.8 grams, 71 mm).

With penannular hoop with tapering arms, cross motif composed of three horizontal and three vertical notched ribs, carinated arms. [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).

Footnotes

Similar bracelets were found in pair on the remains of the left forearm bones of a female, in grave 83 of Hemlanden cemetery in Birka. These bracelets, as visible in this grave, were usually worn in pairs on both arms.

CONDITION

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LOT 1197

Viking Age Bronze Decorated Bracelet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £520

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