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LOT 1741
Viking Age Silver Gripping Beast Pendant
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (9.8 grams, 39 mm).
Openwork pendant with integral loop, Kipplingeberg type with regardant beast and foliage; widespread in the historical Rus region. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item J.2.02.
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