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LOT 1410
Viking Age Bronze Pendant Collection
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 1/2 in. (31 grams total, 19-37 mm).
Comprising: disc with openwork cross cerecelé in a pelletted ring; gilded with regardant beast (surface worn); gilt disc with integral loop, applied glass cabochons in cells linked by a hexagonal band; small disc with facing mask and two birds; openwork disc with gripping beast in a banded rim. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired before 1990.
Ex property of a professional collector.
Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rysi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, type K4, M8; Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XXVI (30), pl.LVIII(19).
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