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LOT 1567
Viking Age Bronze Cross Pendant
CIRCA 10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (27.2 grams, 73 mm).
Flat-section cruciform plaque with tong-and-dot detailing to obverse, barrel-shaped Byzantine-style suspension loop.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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