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LOT 1416
Viking Age Bronze Zoomorphic Buckle Collection
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 1/2 in. (18.1 grams total, 27-39 mm).
Each buckle decorated with zoomorphs and geometric motifs, one with remains of gilding, one openwork and one with an articulate tongue. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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