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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.
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LOT 1925
Viking Age Bronze Double Dragon Brooch with Foot Dangles
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
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