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LOT 1895

Viking Age Bronze Cross Pendant

10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

(17.5 grams, 49 mm).

Each arm formed as a heart-shaped bifacial openwork panel with pellet cluster finial, central rosette, integral loop above. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the German art market before 2000.
From a London W1, UK, collection.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1895

Viking Age Bronze Cross Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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