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LOT 1693
Viking Period Twisted Bronze Neck Torc
10TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/4 in. (84 grams, 17 cm).
Penannular neck torc with tapering terminals. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent.
From an important private family collection of arms and armour.
Literature
See Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L., Luistari: A History of Weapons and Ornaments, Helsinki, 2000.
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