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LOT 0325
Viking Age Silver Beast Pendant
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (7.09 grams, 39 mm).
Openwork panel in the form of two opposed beasts with their open jaws interlaced to form a loop; central facing mask; ribbed suspension tube above. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Cf. Magnus, B., Men, Gods and Masks in Nordic Iron Age Art, Volume 1, Köln, 2003, item 227, for similar type.
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