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LOT 0338
Viking Age Bronze Pendant with Bell Dangles
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (18.5 grams, 54 mm).
Horizontal braided band with horse-head finial, suspension loop to the top; band of loops to lower edge, each with a bell dangle; Finno-Ugric type. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.XXIX, item 19, for type.
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