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LOT 1375
Viking Age Silver Penannular Brooch
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (6.9 grams, 51 mm).
With projecting square-headed and decorated terminals, free-running pin also decorated on the head, upper face of the body gently carinated. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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Viking Age Bronze Pendant Pair
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Composed of openwork geometric plaques each with lateral scrolls, a beaded bifurcated median column, curled tendrils and a loop at the lower end to support a separate dangle. 30.7 grams total, 51-52 mm
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s. -
Viking Age Silver-Gilt Beast Pendant
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
The openwork body roughly triangular in plan with rounded corners, the apex formed as a facing beast head, the frame as the creature's sinuous limbs which form an interlace motif below; suspension loop above. 7.18 grams, 33 mm
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Viking Age Bronze Pendant with Interlace
11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With pierced lug above, pelletted border with geometric design of four pelletted loops and central boss. 2.32 grams, 25 mm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex property of a German collector.
In terms of material culture, it is impossible not to note the influence that the Scandinavians had on Rus at that time. Evidence of this, in particular, is a number of pendants from the main centres of Rus. It is curious that the composition of volute-shaped scrolls was widely popular among the Slavic environment of the 11th-mid-12th century. A similar pendant made of tin-lead alloy was found in Gochevo, Kursk region.
