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LOT 1254
Viking Age Bronze Beast Pendant
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (6.48 grams, 38 mm).
Composed of an discoid body with integral suspension loop; openwork design of a zoomorph enmeshed in tendrils, pellet detailing. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rysi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item K-52, for type.
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