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Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (16 grams total, 39 mm each).
Each comprising a tubular bead with ribbing to the outer face, suspension loops each supporting a bottle-shaped dangle. [2, No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
UK gallery, early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. for a bell pendant of Viking Age, Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, grave 735, pl.100, no.3, for the type.
FOOTNOTES:
The presence of a similar bell pendant in grave 735 of the Birka Necropolis, where a warrior and his horse were also buried, could lead to the belief that such pendants were part of the horse's harness. This was a very common custom in the Mediterranean world, which could also have been adopted by the Vikings.
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