Large Viking Period Bear's Tooth Pendant

9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

3 5/8 in. (42.5 grams, 94 mm).

A large bear's tooth set into a copper-alloy pendant setting, decorated with corded wire and a circumferential frieze of filigree loops, sturdy suspension loop to the cap.

Provenance

Acquired 1971-1972.
From the collection of the vendor's father.
London, UK, collector.
with TimeLine Auctions, Essex, 6 September 2022, no.394.
Private collection, London, UK.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LVIII, item 10.

CONDITION

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