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LOT 1925

Viking Age Bronze Double Dragon Brooch with Foot Dangles

8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

6 1/2 in. (8 1/2 in.) (204 grams total, brooch: 16.5 cm (21.5 cm including stand)).

Annular brooch with ropework detailing to the hoop, addorsed horse-heads above and zigzag band to the rim, row of loops each with an articulated chain and duck-foot finial; Finno-Ugric type; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XXXIII, item 6, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 1925

Viking Age Bronze Double Dragon Brooch with Foot Dangles

Sold for (Inc. bp): £520

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