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LOT 0346
Large Viking Age Silver Filigree Lunate Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (7.22 grams, 45 mm).
Decorated with filigree wire borders and a granulated field, truncated conical bosses also adorned with granules, granules forming lozenges to the tubular suspension loop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Viking Age Bronze Decorated Bracelet
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Of penannular form with convex outer face and geometric ornament to the body, likely zoomorphic terminal; child-sized. 26.6 grams, 50 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Similar bracelets were found in pairs on the remains of the left forearm bones of a female, in grave 83 of Hemlanden cemetery in Birka. These bracelets, as visible in this grave, were usually worn in pairs on both arms.
