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LOT 1626

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170

SCANDINAVIAN VIKING GILT BRONZE 'VALKYRIE' PLAQUE
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (9.16 grams, 48 mm).

Profile image of a female in floor-length robe with shawl to her shoulders, stylised headdress and long plaited band of hair to the rear, shoes at the lower edge; pierced lug to the reverse. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
See Vang Petersen, P., Valkyrier og Bersærker. Mytologien i Smykkekunsten in Madsen, P.K. (ed.), Danefæ. Skatte fra den Danske Muld, Copenhagen, 2010.

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