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LOT 1858
Viking Age Bead and Bronze Pendant Necklace
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
20 in. (104 grams, 51 cm).
Composed of irregular oblate red glass beads with gold-inlaid barrel-shaped beads, dangles with bronze bell-shaped pendants; modern clasp, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFormerly in a private collection formed before 1950.
Ex property of a professional gentleman, acquired 2011.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, table LXXI.
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