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LOT 1820
Viking Silver Fish Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (5.27 grams, 56 mm).
Fabricated sheet-silver in the form of a fish with forked tail, band of volute scrolls to the spine; separate plate to the underside.
Provenance
Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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