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LOT 1677
Viking Bronze Pendant Cluster
EARLY 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/2 in. (96 grams, 24 cm).
Comprising two hollow-formed serpentine spacers each with a loop at the outer end and a cluster of sheet bronze triangular dangles, median junction with loop and more triangular dangles.
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.
Cf. Golubeva, L.A., Zoomorfniye Ukrasheniia Finno-Ugrov, Moscow, 1979, pl.6, item 4, for type.
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LOT 1677
Viking Bronze Pendant Cluster
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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