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LOT 1638
Viking Silver Interlaced Filigree Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (4.33 grams, 39 mm).
Discoid in plan with braided wire rim, applied discs, filigree looped bands, granules and other detailing; loop folded to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Franceschi, G., Jorn, A. & Magnus, B., Mennesker, Guder og Masker i Nordisk Jernalderkunst, vol.1, Borgen, 2005, pl.226, for type.
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