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LOT 0355
Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (67.4 grams, 81 mm).
Displaying high-relief palmette ornament, omega-shaped panels and other ornament; catch and two transverse bars to the reverse.
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Hildebrand, H., Kongl. Vitterhets Historie Och Antiqvitets Akademiens Manadsblad, Stockholm, 1876, fig.82; Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Graber, Uppsala, 1940, fig.151.
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LOT 0355
Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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