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LOT 1661
Viking Bronze Decorated Arm Bangle
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
3 1/8 in. (261 grams, 80 mm).
Comprising a substantial D-section coil with lines of punched decoration to the median facet and knotwork bands at the upper and lower sections.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1980s.
Ex Mayfair gallery, London, UK.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.III (20).
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