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LOT 1697

Viking Silver Filigree Bird Pendant

9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.

1 3/8 in. (5.62 grams, 36 mm).

Hollow-formed with aviform body, applied filigree loops with granulated detailing, integral tubular bale with stylised face. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Magnus, B., Men, Gods and Masks in Nordic Iron Age Art, Volume 1, Köln, 2003, item 227, for similar type.

CONDITION
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LOT 1697

Viking Silver Filigree Bird Pendant

Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)

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