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LOT 0329
Viking Age Silver Filigree Pendant
9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (5.1 grams, 34 mm high).
Discoid with integral suspension loop, central dome, filigree scrolled knotwork and pellets. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, for discussion and comparable examples; cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, for discussion and comparable examples.
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