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LOT 1889
Viking Age Bronze Earring Pair
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 5/8 - 1 7/8 in. (7.23 grams total, 41-47 mm).
Each a lunate openwork plaque with integral hoop, drop with bulb finial. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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