Ca. 900-1100 AD. Beautiful bronze torc featuring a wide, flat neck piece decorated with incised geometric motifs, from which dangle dozens of metallic tassels. Torcs are found in many European cultures ca. the 8th century BC to the 3rd century AD. However, these elaborate items of jewellery made a reappearance during the Viking period ca. 900-1100 AD. Torcs such as this one would also have served as important symbols of rank and wealth.Size: L:75mm / W:160mm ; 150gProvenance: Private UK Collection; From an old Oxford Collection formed in the 1980s.