Viking Age Gold Twisted Bangle

CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

2 5/8 in. (59.83 grams, 67 mm).

Formed as two round-section rods twisted around each other and curved into a bracelet, the narrow ends coiled about the shank.

Provenance

Acquired in London, 1985.
Private collection, London.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12436-226869.

Literature

Cf. a similar bracelet in silver from Orupgård, Denmark, published in Franceschi, G., Asget, J. & Magnus, B. Fuglen, Dyret og Mennesket in Nordisk Jernalderkunst, vol.2 item 1; also Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XLV (9), for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0395