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Viking Enamelled Rus Pendant with Bird Viking Enamelled Rus Pendant with Bird Viking Enamelled Rus Pendant with Bird
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LOT 0498

Viking Enamelled Rus Pendant with Bird

10TH-12TH CENTURY AD

1 1/4" (10.6 grams, 34mm).

A gilt-bronze earring or pendant with hinged hoop, D-shaped body with champ-levé enamelled ornament, a standing bird to one face and a floral motif to the other. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the family collection of a UK gentleman, by descent in the early 1970s; previously acquired before 1960.

CONDITION
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LOT 0498

Viking Enamelled Rus Pendant with Bird

Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,255

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