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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 Traded Hacked Gold Bar Section
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Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Somerset collector, UK, since at least the early 2000s. -
Viking Age Bronze Artefact Collection
9th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising: an ovoid pendant with openwork centre and simple decoration; mount with rectangular headplate, bow and foot, with four piercings; lunar pendant with geometric ornament and beast head terminals; belt fitting with rectangular slot and scooped sides, zoomorphic ornament; carinated ring suspending a smaller penannular ring. 32.9 grams total, 23-47 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Gilt Bronze Beast Head Finial
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Or a brooch, with remains of attachment mechanism to reverse; trace remains of gilding. 9.7 grams, 33 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
