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LOT 0302
Viking Age Gold and Rock Crystal Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (6.87 grams, 32 mm).
The sheet-gold setting with plaited wire border and filigree 'knots' holding a polished rock crystal; tubular suspension loop decorated with interlace knot motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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Opening Bid: £40
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With flange to both rims and bifacial ornament, bands of punched pellet and saltire detailing to the edges of each face and the outer rim, pointillé chevron, pellet and other motifs flanking the gap and on the hoop opposite; Latvian-Baltic type. 157 grams, 95 mm
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