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LOT 1303
Viking Silver Interlaced Pendant
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (5.5 grams, 31 mm).
Formed as openwork interlaced tendrils with scrolling finials; integral suspension loop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFormerly acquired on the German art market in the early 1980s.
Previously in a European collection in the 1990s.
From an important central London collection.
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