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LOT 0339
Viking Age Silver Pendant with Gripping Beast
LATE 10TH-EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (13.3 grams, 40 mm).
Of Riddarholmen type (also widespread in the historical Rus region), with integral loop; the openwork plaque with banded border and four panels, internal stylised zoomorph with hatched panel to the hip, gripping three-fingered hands to the body and border, two detailed feet, clearly visible facing mask below the loop with pellet eyes.
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rusi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, items K.2.01-03.
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