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LOT 1527
Viking Silver Filigree Pendant with Scrolled Cross
10TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (2.6 grams, 32 mm).
Within a filigree border; suspension loop above. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Roesdahl, E., Wilson D.M., From Viking to Crusader: The Scandinavians and Europe 800 to 1200 (22nd Council of Europe Exhibition), Copenhagen, 1992, for a similar pendant in the famous great Gnezdovo hoard, p.20.
FootnotesIn the Gnezdovo Hoard, 46 beads of sheet silver, most with granulation of Slav character, others with filigree, were part of one of the greatest Viking treasure found in the East. The jewellery, most of Scandinavian or Slav character, show the great mix of style and decoration which ornamented the dress and the garments of the Vikings in the East.
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