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LOT 1756
Viking Age Silver Axe Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (9.47 grams, 45 mm).
Hoop with coiled wire closure; free-running axehead pendant decorated with incised triangle motif, ring-and-dot at each angle and to centre.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Fuglesang, S.H., Viking and medieval amulets in Scandinavia in Fornvännen, Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research, 1989, no.84, pp.15-27, fig.2.
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