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LOT 1678
Viking Age Gold-in-Glass Bead Group
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (12 grams total, 11-12 mm).
Barrel-shaped, some with slight flange to rim. [17, No Reserve]
Provenance
UK gallery, early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Hreiðarsdóttir, E., 'Viking age Beads from Iceland' in Ornamenti, 33, no.5, 2010, pp.2-5, figs.p.3, for similar beads.
Footnotes
The majority of the beads of Viking Ages come from burials across the country. The majority of collections are glass beads but common materials include amber and various mineral stones. Gold is very rare, but in Iceland gold foil beads have been found.
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