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LOT 0344
Estimate
GBP (£) 1,200 - 1,700
EUR (€) 1,400 - 1,980
USD ($) 1,510 - 2,140
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,210
LARGE VIKING AGE SILVER PENDANT WITH BEAST FACING BACK
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (7.57 grams, 49 mm high).
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (7.57 grams, 49 mm high).
With complex beast left, facing back to the right, gripping a tendril, within a double rope border with filigree annulets in the field; suspension loop to the apex, decorated with filigree pellets within annulets. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
LITERATURE:
See Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rysi X-XIV, Vekov, Moscow, 2013, for comparable objects.
