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LOT 1376
Viking Age Bronze Mirror with Interlaced Animals
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (52 grams, 80 mm wide).
Comprising one polished face, raised rim, central ring, dense band of zoomorphs enmeshed in tendrils. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex property of a German collector.
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