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LOT 1566
Viking Age Scandinavian Silver-Gilt Pendant with Interlaced Beasts
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (13.9 grams, 42 mm).
Discoid with integral loop; obverse with applied filigree Terslev ornament of three radiating looped knots and interstitial loops, boss to the centre. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Kershaw, J.F., Viking Identities. Scandinavian Jewellery in England, Oxford, 2013, pl.4, for type.
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LOT 1566
Viking Age Scandinavian Silver-Gilt Pendant with Interlaced Beasts
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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