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LOT 0344
Viking Age Silver Maiden Pendant
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (5.2 grams, 33 mm).
Profile image of a female in floor-length robe with mantle to the shoulders, stylised headdress and long band of plaited hair to the rear edge; pierced lug to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
See Vang Petersen, P., Valkyrier og Bersærker. Mytologien i Smykkekunsten in Madsen, P.K. (ed.), Danefæ. Skatte fra den Danske Muld, Copenhagen, 2010.
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