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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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Viking Age Silver Thor's Hammer Necklace
10th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
Comprising: an openwork trichinopoly chain with D-section beast-head terminals each with granule and filigree detailing, pierced at the lower end to accept a round-section hoop by two further rings to a hoop with free-running hollow silver Thor's hammer pendant with filigree ornament to the upper face. 116 grams, 76 cm long
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. Accompanied by a specialist metal analysis report. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11896-203749. -
Viking Age Bronze Decorated Penannular Brooch
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
With square-headed terminals decorated with punched ring-and-dot motifs, free-running pin, brooch body with carinated upper face. 13.1 grams, 38 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Bronze Bridle Strap Junction with Beast Heads
10th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Comprising a rectangular suspension loop with D-section shank and mask below, two flanking arms each with a zoomorphic (bear?) face, one terminating in a wolf's head and the other in a bird's head; small loops below the terminals. 30 grams, 63 mm
Found Bardney, Lincolnshire, UK, in the early 1990s.
This bridle junction is decorated in the Anglo-Scandinavian Ringerike style. On each side of the central hole is an outward facing animal, their beaked heads positioned on the outer edges. The details on the face are carried out in moulded relief as well as engraving.
