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.

CONDITION

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