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LOT 1382
Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
VIKING AGE BRONZE STAMPED BRACELET WITH BEAST-HEAD TERMINALS
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (35.1 grams, 69 mm).
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (35.1 grams, 69 mm).
Slightly carinated in section with zones of punched pellets and triangles, opposed beast-head finials; Baltic workmanship. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CV (3), for type.
FOOTNOTES:
In the Baltic workmanship, bracelets were mostly cast and polished. The metal could also be shaped into the desired form by hammering and/ or by twisting one piece of metal. The surface was often ornamented with stamped markings of lines and dots.
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