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LOT 0324
Viking Bronze Bracelet with Bear's Head Terminals
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (88.7 grams, 69 mm).
Flat-section with low-relief reserved zigzag and longitudinal bands, each end with a bear's head and forepaws in plan. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LXXI (24).
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