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Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch with Ravens Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch with Ravens Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch with Ravens Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch with Ravens Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch with Ravens Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch with Ravens
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LOT 0326

Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch with Ravens

9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

3 1/8 in. (62.6 grams, 80 mm).

With domed elliptical body and narrow flange, high-relief palmette ornament and omega-shaped panels and opposed ravens with curved beaks.

Provenance

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Nerman, B., Die Vendelzeit Gotlands, Stockholm, 1969, pl.VII:5, item 271; cf. Hildebrand, H., Kongl. Vitterhets Historie Och Antiqvitets Akademiens Manadsblad, Stockholm, 1876, fig.82; Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Graber, Uppsala, 1940, fig.151.

Footnotes

The silvery appearance of the brooch is probably due to a high proportion of tin in the bronze alloy.

CONDITION
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LOT 0326

Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch with Ravens

Sold for (Inc. bp): £702

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