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LOT 0317
Viking Age Bronze Pendant Collection Display
9TH-EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 2 1/4 in. (390 grams total, 21-56 mm).
Including addorsed horse heads with loops beneath, figure-embracing-birds discoid type and others; mounted on a perspex display stand. [5]
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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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