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LOT 0311
Viking Age Bronze Dragon-Headed Ship Pendant
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
7 3/8 in. (140 grams total, pendant: 12.5 cm (18.8 cm including stand)).
Twisted wire loop with swivel joint and loop, vertical twisted pendant and pierced bar with horse-head finials; Finno-Ugric type; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XXIX, item 12, for type.
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