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LOT 1869
Viking Age Bronze Ship Pendant with Bell Dangles
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (5 in.) (74 grams total, pendant: 60 mm (12.7 cm including stand)).
Pendant with ribbed lop transverse bar with arched finials, row of loops below with bell-shaped dangles; Finno-Ugric type; mounted on a custom-made stand.
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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