Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

3 5/8 in. (70 grams, 92 mm).

Of domed elliptical form with plain flange, decorated with a central cross and dense pattern of low-relief moulded detail including facing figures with pellet eyes; transverse mounting bar to reverse. [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.ZII (33).

CONDITION

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