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LOT 1264
Viking Period Silver Ring and Bird Pendant Group
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 2 1/8 in. (7.51 grams total, 22-53 mm).
A trio of silver jewellery items comprising: two slender annular rings with overlapping terminals and coiled collars; a free-running pendant in the form of a stylised bird with eye and body detailing, three suspension loops and remaining chain links below. [3]
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1990s-2000.
Property of an East London gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.108; pl.100 (1).
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