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Viking Bronze Decorated Bird Pendant Viking Bronze Decorated Bird Pendant Viking Bronze Decorated Bird Pendant
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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]

Provenance

Acquired 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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LOT 1907

Viking Bronze Decorated Bird Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

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