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LOT 0395
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.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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.
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