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LOT 0398
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Silver Necklace with Lunar Pendant
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
18 1/4 in. (77 grams, 46.5 cm).
Comprising an openwork woven chain with round-section tubular finials, the finials with applied wire and pellet decoration, a hooked clasp with a domed mount to the centre; lunate pendant with a wide ribbed loop and pellet decoration suspended from the chain.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1997.
Private collection, Europe.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12437-226708.
Cf. Makarov, N.A. ed., Rus v IX-X Vekach: Archeologicheskaya Panorama, Moscow, 2012, p.332, items 2-3; Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.98(13) for similar examples.
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LOT 0398
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Silver Necklace with Lunar Pendant
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
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