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LOT 1735
Viking Age Bronze Chain Necklace with Axe Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
23 in. (13 grams, 58.5 cm).
Comprising links formed from coiled wire, hook-and-eye closure; free-running suspension loop and axe-head pendant.
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Fuglesang, S.H., ‘Viking and medieval amulets in Scandinavia’ in Fornvännen, Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research, 1989, no.84, pp.15-27, fig.2.
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