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LOT 0291
Viking Age Crystal Sphere in Gold Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (23.3 grams, 66 mm).
Comprising a rock crystal sphere with shallow notches to accept gold filigree straps, looped at the bottom with separate dangle and green calcite or similar insert; gathered at the top into a sheet gold tube and suspended from a gold wire hoop with ends twisted round the shank. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.100(4).
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