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LOT 1733
Viking Period Twisted Neck Torc with Loop Terminals
10TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
16.2 cm (134 grams, 16 cm).
A twisted neck-ring coiled almost double with looped ends. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent.
From an important private family collection of arms and armour.
See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987.
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A twisted neck-ring coiled almost double with looped ends. 134 grams, 16 cm
Acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent. From an important private family collection of arms and armour.
