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LOT 1470
Viking Age Bronze Comb Pendant with Bell
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (24.4 grams, 62 mm).
With segmented teeth to the edges of the lentoid plaque; ring-and-dot detailing; rumbler bell to the lower edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureSee Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CVI (4).
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