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LOT 1882
Viking Bronze Borre Style Tortoise Brooch
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (57 grams, 76 mm).
Comprising a domed shell with low-relief ornament of four Borre Style beasts; frieze of profile beasts to the lower edge, flange rim; catchplate, pin-hinge and pendant attachment bar to the reverse with some mineralised remains of textile backing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.58ff.
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