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LOT 0346
Viking Age Silver-Gilt Gripping Beast Pendant
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (8.69 grams, 40 mm).
Comprising an integral suspension loop; the openwork plaque with banded border and panels, internal stylised zoomorph with hatched panel to the hip, gripping three-fingered hands to the body and border, two detailed feet, clearly visible facing mask below the loop with pellet eyes. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Literature
Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, items K.2, K-5.
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