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LOT 1259

Viking Age Bronze Decorated Bracelet

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

3 in. (105 grams, 75 mm).

With convex outer face and tapering arms, stamp decorated with triangles and lozenges. [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, p.18, volume I, fragment of similar bracelet from grave 47 and bracelet from Hedesunda (Gästrikland).

Footnotes

Similar bracelets were found usually in female graves in the Hemlanden cemetery in Birka. Sometimes they were found in pairs, sometimes worn only on the right arm. Their main characteristic was the geometric decoration engraved on the surface

CONDITION

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LOT 1259

Viking Age Bronze Decorated Bracelet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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