LOT 1594 Viking Pendant with Chain Drops
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10th-12th century AD. A bronze pendant formed with a crescentic body comprising three bulbous-ended arms, suspension loops to reverse of each, attached to three link chains, each with a different dangle: two trapezoidal pendants with pricked decoration; a crotal bell with a scrolled hook; a crotal bell; suspension loop to reverse. For pendants in similar style see Williams, G., Pentz, P. & Wemhoff, M., Vikings Life and Legend, London, 2014, pp.40-41; for the employment of similar pendants by Baltic and Latvian people see various, Latvieu tautas t?rpi, Riga, 1936, figs.55,59,78. 62 grams, 19cm (7 1/2"). Property of a London gallery; previously in a London private collection; formerly acquired in the 1970s. The geometric designs of this type of necklace is characteristic of metalwork from the East Baltic during the Viking age. [No Reserve] Condition Report Fine condition.
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