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]

Provenance

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.

Literature

See Vang Petersen, P., Valkyrier og Bersærker. Mytologien i Smykkekunsten in Madsen, P.K. (ed.), Danefæ. Skatte fra den Danske Muld, Copenhagen, 2010.

CONDITION

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