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LOT 0364
Scandinavian Viking Silver-Gilt Filigree Thor's Hammer Pendant
9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (12.5 grams, 47 mm).
Hollow-formed and flat-section with applied facial detailing to the suspension lobe, filigree and granule detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12735-235602.
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.
See similar examples with applied decoration found in Sweden (Kabbara, Bredsatra, Odeshok); and Hilderbrand, H., The Industrial Arts of Scandinavia in the Pagan Time, London, 1883, p.113, fig.99 and Arbman, H., Birka, Taf. 83, item 1a; for a discussion on Thor pendanrs and further examples, cf. Exhibition Catalogue, Les Vikings, Les Scandinaves et L'Europe 800-1200, Paris, 1992, p.190 & 276.
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LOT 0364
Scandinavian Viking Silver-Gilt Filigree Thor's Hammer Pendant
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