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LOT 0350
Viking Age Silver-Gilt Shield-Maiden Pendant
CIRCA 9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (7.57 grams, 42.5 mm).
A female in floor-length robe holding a shield in her right hand and spear in her left, stylised headdress, pointillé detailing; pierced lug to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Cf. Vang Petersen, P., Valkyrier og Bersærker. Mytologien i Smykkekunsten, in Madsen, P.K. (ed.), Danefæ. Skatte fra den Danske Muld, Copenhagen, 2010; Gardeła, L., ‘Warrior-women’ in Viking Age Scandinavia, A preliminary archaeological study in Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia, vol.8, Rzeszów, 2013.
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