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LOT 0324
Viking Age Silver-Gilt Rattle Horse Harness Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (29.6 grams, 78 mm).
Teardrop-shaped with central pierced dome and plate to revere, ribbed suspension loop; parcel-gilt and niello design of grooved border with scroll terminal, boss with looped scrolls.
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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