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LOT 0400
Viking Age Gold Ring with Five Pendants
CIRCA 8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (2.81 grams, 30 mm).
Wire ring with ends wound around the shank; miniature tool pendants including a sickle, mirror, dagger, spike and skillet.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Graham-Campbell, J., The Viking World, London, 1980, p.183, for type.
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