Viking Age Gold Twisted Bracelet
9th-11th century A.D. or later. Comprising a tapering hoop with braided rods to the central section, plain finials coiled around the shank forming collars. Cf. Willemsen, A., Vikings! Raids in the Rhine/Meuse region 800-1000, Utrecht, 2004, p.137, for similar; and Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1979, lot 31, for another spirally twisted example.
64.4 grams, 88 mm wide (3 1/2 in.).
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11882-200711. [For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price]
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