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LOT 1366
Viking Age Bronze Pendant Pair
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (30.7 grams total, 51-52 mm).
Composed of openwork geometric plaques each with lateral scrolls, a beaded bifurcated median column, curled tendrils and a loop at the lower end to support a separate dangle. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Lehtosalo-Hilander, P-L., Luistari II The Artefacts, Helsinki, 1982, fig.3; Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.99(22), for type.
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