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LOT 1227
Viking Age Gold Axe-Shaped Bead
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1/4 in. (0.34 grams, 10.34 mm).
Sheet-gold bead with applied granules to both flat faces. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Adamsen, C. et al., Sorte Muld, Rønne, 2008, p.85, item 3, for similar.
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Viking Age Silver-Gilt Jar with Interlaced Design and Pseudo-Arabic Inscription
Circa 11th century A.D.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,444
With later gilded outer face, globular body on a low splayed foot-ring, rolled rim; repoussé ornament comprising a circumferential ring below the neck, two parallel rings to the equator above a band of looped and interlaced tendrils with leaves and ring below, hatching to the foot-ring; median band with legend in Pseudo-Arabic script. 301 grams, 10.6 cm high
Fair condition.
In a private German collection since the 1980s. Property of a gentleman; acquired on the UK art market in 1998. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11007-181733. -
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Viking Age Bronze Decorated Bracelet
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With a reversed C-shaped body tapering towards the terminals, geometric ornament in relief including lozenges and pecking; terminals absent. 66 grams, 38 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Similar bracelets were found usually in female graves in the Hemlanden cemetery in Birka. Sometimes they were found in pairs, sometimes worn only on the right arm. Their main characteristic was the geometric decoration engraved on the surface. -
Viking Age Bronze Decorated Bracelet
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With convex outer face and tapering arms, stamp decorated with triangles and lozenges. 105 grams, 75 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Similar bracelets were found usually in female graves in the Hemlanden cemetery in Birka. Sometimes they were found in pairs, sometimes worn only on the right arm. Their main characteristic was the geometric decoration engraved on the surface
