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LOT 1548
Viking Bronze Boar's Head Brooch
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (40 grams, 46 mm).
Trapezoidal in plan with zones of pointillé detailing, separate base-plate with catch and pin. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 3.25.
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