Lot 32
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Northern Europe, Viking or Norse culture, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A fabulous bracteate pendant of a circular form with an integral suspension bar folded behind the verso, shaped from a hammered sheet of silver (87%). The design features applied filigree cords which form a quartet of three-lobed knots, each with additional filigree bulbs within the outer lobes as well as four bulbs along the exterior spaces, all surrounded by a ring of stippling around the circumference. The interior details are accentuated with applied gilding (45% gold; 53% silver), and abraded areas around the gilding suggest the entire obverse face was gilt at one time. Modern necklace strand included. Size (pendant): 1.2" W x 1.375" H (3 cm x 3.5 cm); quality of silver: 87%; quality of gilding: 45% gold, 53% silver; total weight: 4.6 grams
Provenance: private Silicon Valley, California, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery, Colorado, USA; private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private Kaliningrad (Koenigsberg) and then Latvia collection; found on the Baltic Sea coast prior to 1982
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#151408
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Condition:
Slight bending to overall form of pendant, with fading and chipping to gilding, and light softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits as well as great patina throughout.
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