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LOT 0292
Viking Age Gold Earrings with Amethyst Gemstones
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 - 2 1/8 in. (9.65 grams total, 48-54 mm).
Matched pair, filigree bands and amethyst olive drops with dangles. [2, 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.115.
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Opening Bid: £280
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In the Finno-Ugrian and Eastern Viking societies the status that an individual might achieve through personal qualities, social position and wealth was enhanced by valuable clothing, finely worked jewellery made of precious metal (like chatelaine chains for women) and, for the men, weapons and horse furnishing of exceptional quality. Families and individuals visually expressed the elements of other societies and cultures that they thought were desirable through the deliberate use of foreign objects.
