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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
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
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Viking Age Bronze Double Horse Head Buckle
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Central rectangular void with an addorsed horsehead springing from each upper corner, leg from the lower corner; notched mane and running band of zigzags to each neck; pierced for attachment; Baltic type. 4.67 grams, 39 mm
Ex private Wiltshire, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Very Large Scandinavian Viking Silver Tau Cross Pendant
10th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
Hollow-formed type with barrel-shaped suspension bar, narrow neck, trefoil plaque with two lateral piercings; applied filigree knotwork to the plaque and suspension bar, domed 'eyes' and nose at the junction with the plaque; plain reverse. 23.1 grams, 71 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.13299-256161.
Although the ornament is decorated with a traditional double-braid band, it no longer features animal ornamentation, but intertwined rings made of multi-row filigree wire. The shape of the Tau cross also finds parallels with the patrices of the Busdorf hoard (Schleswig-Holstein). -
Anglo-Scandinavian Viking Bronze Openwork Cross Mount
Circa 9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £40
Formed as an equal-arm cross with tapering arms, each arm terminating in a pierced lug; the central cross with five piercings. 6.56 grams, 34 mm
Found North Yorkshire, UK.
