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LOT 0386
Viking Silver Thor's Hammer Pendant
8TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (2 3/8 in.) (6.73 grams, 29 mm (22.2 grams total, 59 mm high including stand)).
Flat-section with integral facial detailing to the suspension lug, low-relief lattice design to the obverse; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
Private collection, Koenigsberg, Germany.
Private collection, New York, USA.
with Artemis Gallery, 9 February 2021.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12434-226853.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.104.
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