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LOT 1788
Viking Age Silver Earring Group
CIRCA 8TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.14 grams total, 19-20 mm).
Each a wire hoop with hook-and-eye fastening, ends wrapped round the shank. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.106, 108.
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