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THB10th C. Viking Silver / Amber Brooch Jellinge Animals
Lot 44
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Features classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine Art, so much more! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Northern Europe, Viking, ca. 9th to 10th century CE. A tremendous 97.7% silver and amber brooch with its convex circular face impressively decorated with engraved Jellinge-style animals, loops, swirls, and abstract symbols. The brooch is made from silver sheet with 5 silver bosses riveted onto its face. Fantastical serpent-like creatures writhe around the central golden amber cabochon which is immediately surrounded by a ridged bezel, embellished with stamped dotted pyramids and secured via 7 pinheads. In addition, twisted silver wire is threaded through perforations around the periphery of the brooch to create yet another decorative element. The back has a large pin and latch that is adorned with stamped circular and dotted pyramid motifs. Silver quality: 97.7% Size: 4.625" W x 4.75" H (11.7 cm x 12.1 cm); 5" H (12.7 cm) on included custom stand. Total weight: 194.6 grams
This is an incredible piece of wearable artwork and displayed wealth, which in the volatile Viking period often manifested in the form of jewelry made from precious metals, this brooch would have belonged to one of the most elite members of society.
The Jellinge Style (ca. 880 to 1000 CE) refers to a genre of ancient Scandinavian animal art that features stylized zoomorphic forms. Its name is derived from a small cup that was discovered in a royal burial mound at Jellinge, Denmark which was believed to be the burial place of King Gorm. This cup was decorated with S-shaped animals possessing profiled heads, ribbon-like bodies, spiral hips, and curled upper lips.
The important Viking metalworking shops correspond to their great trading ports and proto-urban centers - Birka, Helgo, Sigtuna, and Lund in Sweden, Ribe, Haithabu (Hedeby), and Fyrkat in Denmark, and Kaupang and Trondheim in Norway. Silver was the principal currency of the Viking world, which stretched from Russia to northern Canada at the height of their influence. In many places, the Vikings kept silver not as coins, but as jewelry, a wearable currency form that was not subject to the authority of a monarch or mint. One of the most common archaeological finds from the Viking period is a hoard of metal objects, often buried in the earth or deposited in bodies of water, like river beds.
Provenance: 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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#160711One inch crack below one of the bosses as shown. Surface wear to brooch with a few scuffs and abraded areas, but imagery is still strong. Pin on verso is bent and while it shows some movement, the loop that it fits is bent back rendering the fastener inoperable. Minor scuffs to amber but otherwise it is intact and lovely.Condition
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