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LOT 1447
Viking Gilt Bronze Beast Head Finial
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (9.7 grams, 33 mm).
Or a brooch, with remains of attachment mechanism to reverse; trace remains of gilding. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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