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LOT 1708
Viking Silver Pendants with Raven's Heads
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.69 grams, 21 mm).
Openwork pendant formed as four addorsed bird-heads; applied strap. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Graham-Campbell, J., Viking Art, London, 2013, item 98, for type.
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