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LOT 1415
Pre-Viking Bronze Animal Head Pendant
7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (11.4 grams, 46 mm).
Comprising a domed body, modelling a bear's head with ropework to the muzzle, ears pierced; concave reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old German collection, formed in the 1990s.
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