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| Viking bronze 'tortoise' brooch |  |
Of domed oval form, the rim curving outwards, the outer surface divided into separate areas with two lozenge shaped fields flanking the central point which, along with eight other points, has a small hole for the attachment for other elements now missing. The surface is richly decorated with intertwined patterning containing animal/gripping motifs. |
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Viking. 8th-9th century AD Height: 10.5 cm Cf. James Graham-Campbell, 'Viking Artefacts, A Select Catalogue', London, 1980, fig 115 for a near identical example. Somewhat coarser variants can be seen in C. F. Meinander (intro) and Pirkko-Liisa Lehtosalo, trans from the Finnish by Diana Tullberg, 'Early Finnish Art, From Prehistory to the Middle Ages', New York, Washington, London 1961, figs. 119-122. Provenance: G. F. Reber, Lausanne, Switzerland, acquired 1929 Exhibited Musée d'art et histoire, Geneva, 1946-2006 (Inv Dép. R.1946.56) |
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