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]

Provenance

From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.LXV, for type.

CONDITION

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