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LOT 0388
Viking Age Scandinavian Silver Pendant with Mask
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.38 grams, 21 mm).
With integral loop, border enclosing a low-relief image of a male facing mask between two birds embraced at the necks; Kipplingeberg type. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item J.2.02.
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