VIKING SCANDINAVIAN BRONZE FACING MASKS AND FIGURES OVAL BROOCH PAIR 9th century AD A matched pair of scaphoid domed brooches, the precursor to the more elaborate two-part 'tortoise' brooches, each an elliptical dome decorated with a transverse band of ribbed decoration featuring four facing masks with pellet eyes; the outer fields with zoomorphic tendril designs edged by a ropework border; the outer flange bearing punched decoration, annular and linear; to the reverse of each, the integral pin-bar, thick catchplate and angled loop in place, one brooch with its pin, the loop provided for the attachment of a chain. 119 grams total, 92 mm, 93 mm (3 3/4"). Extremely fine condition. Excessively rare. [2] Provenance From an important British collection; acquired 1990s. Literature Cf. Ewing, T. Viking Clothing, Strood, 2007, fig.36.
VIKING SCANDINAVIAN BRONZE FACING MASKS AND FIGURES OVAL BROOCH PAIR 9th century AD A matched pair of scaphoid domed brooches, the precursor to the more elaborate two-part 'tortoise' brooches, each an elliptical dome decorated with a transverse band of ribbed decoration featuring four facing masks with pellet eyes; the outer fields with zoomorphic tendril designs edged by a ropework border; the outer flange bearing punched decoration, annular and linear; to the reverse of each, the integral pin-bar, thick catchplate and angled loop in place, one brooch with its pin, the loop provided for the attachment of a chain. 119 grams total, 92 mm, 93 mm (3 3/4"). Extremely fine condition. Excessively rare. [2] Provenance From an important British collection; acquired 1990s. Literature Cf. Ewing, T. Viking Clothing, Strood, 2007, fig.36.
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