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LOT 0364
Viking Gilt Bronze Horse Harness Pendant with Birds
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4in. (19.42 grams, 44.78 mm).
Square in plan with hollow body, repoussé motif of a tree with flanking birds at the sides and serpents below; integral suspension loop. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, plate 96 (4), for similar pendants and mounts.
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