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LOT 0313
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Gilt Bronze Borre Style Pendant
CIRCA 11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (13.9 grams, 39.8 mm).
Disc pendant with low-relief Borre style looped tendrils motif, remains of attachment bar to the top.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Kershaw, J.F., Viking identities: Scandinavian jewellery in England, Oxford, 2013, figure 3.30.
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LOT 0313
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Gilt Bronze Borre Style Pendant
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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