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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.
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.
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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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