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LOT 1700
Viking Bronze Twisted Ring
EARLY 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (6.75 grams, 27.80 mm overall, 19.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
Comprising a braided band of wire butted on the underside.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market, 1990s.
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.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXXVII (15).
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