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LOT 0368
Pre-Viking Bronze Brooch with Bull-Headed Lunar Pendants and Chain
7TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/4 in. (670 grams total, chain: 23.5 cm).
Comprising: a bow-brooch with chamfered edges to the shank and three transverse ribbed bars, scooped foot, the end of each bar with three holes to accept a length of chain formed of barrel-shaped links; four chains with a balustered stem and crescent pendant, the horns terminating in stylised bull-heads; the central chain terminating in a stylised wheel; longer chain attached to the outer bars; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12737-234051.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXXV (5) for type, and pl.CXXVIII, for chronology.
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LOT 0368
Pre-Viking Bronze Brooch with Bull-Headed Lunar Pendants and Chain
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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Scandinavian Viking Decorated Silver Currency Bar
11th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
D-section ingot with one flattened end, punched rosettes and multiple test nicks. 117 grams, 12.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Viking Age Silver 'Currency' Ingot
Circa 9th-11th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £143
A hacked irregular hammered silver ingot, probably melted down loot creating a monetised piece of 'Hack' for Viking trade; X-ray Fluorescence analysis provides the following results: Ag (91.7%), Cu (4.09%), Fe (3.69%), Zn (0.19%), Au (0.19%), Pb (0.13%). 32 grams, 30 mm
Ex property of a UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Ingots of gold and silver were regularly produced in the Early Medieval period when trade took place between monetised economies (Anglo-Saxon England, Francia, Frisia) and their non-monetised neighbours in southern Scandinavia (Blackburn, 2011). Ingots were a convenient means of storing wealth which could be converted into display items (weapon fittings, clothing fasteners, tableware) or used to gild silver and bronze items (Hårdh, 1996). -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Borre Style Strap End
Circa 800-1000 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Found Belchamp Otten, Braintree, Essex, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-5F1A67. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
