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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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