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LOT 1667

Viking Inspired Bronze Omega Brooch

MORDVINIAN, 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/4 in. (16 grams, 56 mm).

Decoration to the trapezoidal plates with raised pellets and braided borders. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Property of a North West London, UK, gallery; formerly in a 1980s collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Literature

See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl. XLIV, item 11.

CONDITION

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LOT 1667

Viking Inspired Bronze Omega Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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