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LOT 1653
Viking Period Bronze Ear Scoop and Pin Group
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 - 3 in. (15.8 grams total, 65-75 mm).
Comprising: a pin with tapering shank and bird finial with loop above; an ear scoop with rounded bowl and wide teardrop-shaped looped handle with granulation. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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