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LOT 0354

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380

VIKING BRONZE SCALES SET
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
17 3/4 in. (53.5 grams, 45 cm).

Comprising: articulated arms for a scale balance with spike gnomon and loop handle; two hemispherical bowls each with suspension holes at the rim, four short chains connected to a hemispherical distributor with triangular dangle below. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
See Graham-Campbell, J. & Philpott, R., The Huxley Viking Hoard - Scandinavian Settlement in the North West, Liverpool, 2009, for discussion.

CONDITION
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