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Viking Age Bronze Dragon Pendant with Foot Dangles Viking Age Bronze Dragon Pendant with Foot Dangles Viking Age Bronze Dragon Pendant with Foot Dangles Viking Age Bronze Dragon Pendant with Foot Dangles Viking Age Bronze Dragon Pendant with Foot Dangles Viking Age Bronze Dragon Pendant with Foot Dangles
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LOT 0312

Viking Age Bronze Dragon Pendant with Foot Dangles

8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

2 3/4 in. (5 1/4 in.) (79 grams total, pendant: 71 mm wide (13.2 cm including stand)).

Horizontal braided band with horse-head finial, loop to reverse, band of loops to lower edge, each with a duck-foot dangle; Finno-Ugric type; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

From 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.

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LOT 0312

Viking Age Bronze Dragon Pendant with Foot Dangles

Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)

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