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LOT 1907
Viking Bronze Decorated Bird Pendant
9TH-EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (25.1 grams, 57 mm).
Formed as an ellipsoid bulb with discoid tail, curved neck and hooked beak; punched ring-and-dot motifs across both faces, notched rim to tail, pierced suspension lug; possibly Baltic workmanship. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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