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LOT 1319
Viking Silver Openwork Dragon Pendant
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (3.72 grams, 32 mm).
An integral loop open to the rear, openwork regardant dragon with tendrils extending to the rim. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s.
Previously the property of a German collector.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.
Literature
See Korshyn, V.E., Yazcheskye Priveski Drevnei Rysi X-XIV Vekov, Moscow, 2013, for discussion.
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