Viking Age Silver Chain Necklace

10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

31 1/2 in. (134 grams, 80 cm long).

Composed of openwork links, coiled filigree collars and a central hoop with intertwined bezel and coiled sleeves.

Provenance

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Graham-Campbell, J., The Vikings, British Museum Publications, 1980, p.59, for a comparable chain; cf. Willemsen, A., Vikings! Raids in the Rhine/ Meuse region 800-1000, Utrecht, 2004, p.137, for similar.

CONDITION

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LOT 0349