Viking Age Bronze Tortoise Brooch
Circa 10th century A.D. Displaying high-relief palmette ornament, omega-shaped panels and other ornament; catch and two transverse bars to the reverse. Cf. Hildebrand, H., Kongl. Vitterhets Historie Och Antiqvitets Akademiens Manadsblad, Stockholm, 1876, fig.82; Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Graber, Uppsala, 1940, fig.151. 67.4 grams, 81 mm (3 1/8 in.).

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

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