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LOT 0381
Viking Silver Interlace Pendant
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (9.97 grams, 48 mm).
Comprising a lozengiform panel of openwork interlace with pelletted lozenge to the centre, looped beaded tendrils and ribbed suspension bar.
Provenance
Private collection, Koenigsberg, Germany.
Private collection, New York, USA.
with Artemis Gallery, 9 February 2021.
Private collection, London.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl. 100(2), 145, for type.
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