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LOT 1745
Viking Age Phallic Amber Pendant
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.86 grams, 27 mm).
Carved in the round with loop and a gussetted collar below, two bulbs emerging from a carinated band. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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