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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 637054, member: 2844&quot;]The example you showed is gorgeous, but it has strayed very far from real Viking designs. Most of the elements in it are Chinese and related Asian.</p><p>Although the bracelet is beautiful, it hurts me to see that it is sold as Viking-related. The Vikings had such a rich art tradition, that really doesn&#039;t need to be embellished with Chinese etc. And while their culture was very much adopt and adapt, they never ventured far into Asia.</p><p>Regulars on the forum know I love Asian arts as well as early European. But I appreciate both as beautiful in their own right and with their own identity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is something on real Viking jewellery, just as beautiful as Chinese jewellery, but very different:</p><p><a href="http://www.ancientpages.com/2015/12/29/beautiful-ancient-viking-jewelry-made-skilled-craftsmen/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancientpages.com/2015/12/29/beautiful-ancient-viking-jewelry-made-skilled-craftsmen/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ancientpages.com/2015/12/29/beautiful-ancient-viking-jewelry-made-skilled-craftsmen/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a replica of a Viking bracelet found in Novgorod, Russia:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.shopify.com%2Fs%2Ffiles%2F1%2F0078%2F0530%2F4890%2Fproducts%2Fsn-silver-novgorod-arm-ring.jpg%3Fv%3D1546273206&amp;sp=e4699ff420293af03d4d53d0c1311d3a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://jelldragon.com/products/silver-viking-arm-ring-from-novgorod/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://jelldragon.com/products/silver-viking-arm-ring-from-novgorod/" rel="nofollow">https://jelldragon.com/products/silver-viking-arm-ring-from-novgorod/</a></p><p>Great site for Viking replica and Viking inspired jewellery, btw.</p><p><br /></p><p>The following are modern Viking-inspired bracelets which are much more true to original Viking art.</p><p>These heads are based on Viking finds in present-day Poland, the rope-twist for the torque proper is also more Viking than the Chinese-inspired torque you posted:</p><p><img src="https://nordemporium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/DSC_0784-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://nordemporium.com/product/jomsborg-bracelet-xl-sterling-silver/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nordemporium.com/product/jomsborg-bracelet-xl-sterling-silver/" rel="nofollow">https://nordemporium.com/product/jomsborg-bracelet-xl-sterling-silver/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A copy of the dragon head bracelet from the History Channel&#039;s &quot;Vikings&quot; series:</p><p><img src="https://www.craftycelts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/medium-braid-viking-dragon-bracelet-1-vikings.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.craftycelts.com/product/viking-dragon-bracelet-medium-braid/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.craftycelts.com/product/viking-dragon-bracelet-medium-braid/" rel="nofollow">https://www.craftycelts.com/product/viking-dragon-bracelet-medium-braid/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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