A VIKING BRONZE OVAL BROOCH

细节

A VIKING BRONZE OVAL BROOCH
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

Cast in two parts and joined by pins, with an intricate openwork interlace design around five small raised bosses, the catch plate and part of the original iron pin preserved on the convex interior
4 1/2in. (11.4cm.) long

拍品专文

Viking woman wore matching pairs of these large oval brooches high on the chest to to secure the shoulder straps of their tunics. For similar examples see nos. 52 and 53 in Graham-Campbell and Kidd, The Vikings.