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LOT 0314

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

VIKING SILVER MASK AND RAVENS PENDANT
10TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (1.6 grams, 22 mm).

With integral loop, border enclosing a low-relief image of a male face between two birds, grasped by arms at the necks, small loop to the top. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Korshyn, V.E., Yazicheskiye Priveski Drevniye Rysi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, item M-12.

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