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LOT 1604
Viking Inspired Bronze Omega Brooch Collection
CIRCA 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 2 1/2 in. (135 grams total, 32-64 mm).
Mostly Mordvinian type; some with punched detailing to the panels, others with moulded panels; one with row of lateral loops. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate European collection formed before 2000.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XLIV, item 11.
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LOT 1604
Viking Inspired Bronze Omega Brooch Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Scandinavian Viking Bronze Ring-Headed Dress Pin
9th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Stem with roughly round-section lower body and rectangular-section upper body with penannular loop, a free-running ring suspended from the hoop with a biconvex outer wall and hatched decoration. 4.98 grams, 65 mm
Very fine condition.
UK gallery, acquired in the 2000s. Property of an English gentleman. -
Viking Inspired Bronze Omega Penannular Brooch
12th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A flat-section Mordvinian type brooch comprising a penannular band and two trapezoidal plates; the tongue round-section with flat scroll around the band; the plates each with raised pellets and four pierced lugs to the outer edges. 12.4 grams, 55 mm
Ex property of an Essex gentleman. Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013. -
Viking Age Gold Ring with Five Pendants
Circa 8th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Wire ring with ends wound around the shank; miniature tool pendants including a sickle, mirror, dagger, spike and skillet. 2.81 grams, 30 mm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
