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LOT 1476
Viking Age Bronze Animal Head Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (6.7 grams, 31 mm).
With integral suspension loop, profile bird-heads. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.100(18).
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