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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.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Koenigsberg, Germany.
Private collection, New York, USA.
with Artemis Gallery, 9 February 2021.
Private collection, London.
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl. 100(2), 145, for type.
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