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LOT 1514

Estimate
GBP (£) 400 - 600
EUR (€) 460 - 690
USD ($) 500 - 740

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

10

VIKING AGE SILVER-GILT GRIPPING BEAST PENDANT
10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (5.19 grams, 30 mm).

Comprising an integral suspension loop; the openwork plaque with banded border and four panels, internal stylised zoomorph with hatched panel to the hip, gripping three-fingered hands to the body and border, two detailed feet, clearly visible facing mask below the loop with pellet eyes. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, items K.2, K-5.

CONDITION