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LOT 0315
Viking Silvered Bronze Fish Pendant with Interlaced Design
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (23 grams, 54 mm).
Comprising a tapering, rectangular-section body with a flat base and an indented triangular mouth; three small piercings on each side of the body;
fish body decorated with four reserved panels with low-relief interlacing bands; two circular piercings on each side of the body. [No Reserve]
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
Westminster collection, central London, UK.
Cf. MacGregor, A. et al., A Summary Catalogue of the Continental Archaeological Collections, Oxford, 1997, item 13.1, for similar.
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LOT 0315
Viking Silvered Bronze Fish Pendant with Interlaced Design
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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