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LOT 1450
Viking Age Bronze Pendant Collection
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 1/2 in. (17.2 grams total, 22-39 mm).
Mainly openwork plaques bird-shaped with voids and low-relief detailing. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LXXXI, for types.
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