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LOT 1414
Viking Age Bronze Decorated Comb Pendant
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (24 grams, 46 mm).
Composed of two crescentic arms, bifacial pecked and punched ring-and-dot motifs to the body; two perforations for attachment. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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