LOT 0284 VIKING ERA SILVER PENANNULAR BROOCH
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Ca. 700-1100 AD. Viking Age. A thick cast Viking era silver 'Omega' penannular brooch with circular hoop, rounded section, a broad, arrow-shaped pin and two projecting triangular plates bearing incised line decoration along the edges and applied spherical ornaments on the interior. Brooches were an important part of Viking culture and were worn by both men and women. These items were multifunction with their most basic purpose being clothing fasteners while their more ostentatious role was to serve as a display of wealth. Brooches such as this one were status symbols, tradable goods in lieu of currency, and are often found as grave goods to provision the dead for the afterlife. For more general information on Viking Jewellery see Arbman, H. Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940. Good condition; wearable. Size: L:59mm / W:42mm ; 20.21g; Provenance: Private collection of an Oxford professional, formed in the 1970s-1990s on the UK art market.
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