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LOT 1817
Viking Age Bronze Pendant Hanger with Horse Heads and Chain Drops
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
6 7/8 in. (120 grams, 17.5 cm).
Hanger with addorsed horse-heads each on a curved neck, transverse bar below with six loops to the underside, median loop above; each lower loop with attached length of chai supporting a rumbler bell or jingle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
LiteratureCf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LXV, for type.
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LOT 1817
Viking Age Bronze Pendant Hanger with Horse Heads and Chain Drops
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Urnes Beast Mount
England, 11th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Heater-shaped in plan with openwork Urnes Style zoomorphs enmeshed in slender tendrils; reverse plain. 10.3 grams, 32 mm
Found Keyston, Cambridgeshire, UK. Recorded with UKDFD no.38451. -
Viking Age Bronze Pendant Hanger with Bell Drops
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a horizontal bar with ropework detailing to the obverse, two attachment loops to the reverse and suspension loop above; row of five loops to the lower edge with dangles attached: rumbler bell on coiled shank with median bead; two rumbler bells on tubular shanks; two jingles on coiled shanks. 51.5 grams, 13.7 cm
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Viking Age Silver Plaited Ring
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With triangular-section braided shank hammered at the base. 4.32 grams, 25.31 mm overall, 17.36 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
