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LOT 1730
Viking Period Bronze Necklace Bead and Ring Hoard Group
CIRCA 9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 3 1/4 in. (407 grams total, 5-90 mm).
Comprising a quantity of bronze beads, dangles, coiled rings and other items, in a squat ceramic jar with rounded base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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LOT 1730
Viking Period Bronze Necklace Bead and Ring Hoard Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
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Viking Bronze Decorated Spoon
10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
With shallow bowl and bulb to the neck, square-section handle with twisted shank, collar and knop finial; reverse of bowl with lattice motif; mounted on a custom-made stand. 15.4 grams, 13.5 cm (39 grams total, 14.7 cm including stand)
Acquired on the London art market, 1995. Private collection, London.
The lattice motif has parallels in the art of the Vars and other cultures of the Hungarian plain. Scandinavian contact with that part of Europe was maintained by trade and settlement along the Volga and other waterways. The city of Kyiv was ruled by Scandinavian Rus for some centuries. -
Viking Age Bronze Coiled Ring Pair
9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Each a scaphoid plaque with extensions coiled to form a finger ring. 15.7 grams total, 22 mm each
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s. From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M. -
Viking Age Bronze Crescentic Collar
9th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Broad flat-section collar with tapering ends, hook-and-eye closure (eye absent); traces of mineralise hair or textile in the corrosion products. 32 grams, 15.7 cm
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s. From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
