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THBAnglo-Saxon / Viking 24K Gold Filigree Bucket - 2.3 g
Lot 32
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
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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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2018-09-13 10:00:00
2018-09-13 10:00:00
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- Lot Description
Northern Europe, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish, or Viking / Norse, ca. 6th to 11th century CE. A fascinating object, a miniature 24 karat gold basket (or bucket, or situla) with a granulated strap handle. There are bands of filigree ropework on the top and bottom of the body, forming a border with granules in repeated triangular shapes with in it around the body. On the base are further triangular granule clusters around a central granule cross motif. Granulated gold items were the ultimate symbol of wealth and status in northern and western Europe at this time. Size: .375" W x .625" H (1 cm x 1.6 cm); 2.3 grams
Like many objects from this time period, it is difficult to place this into a specific culture because there was so much movement of goods between different groups. For example, almost identical gold items have been found in the Hoen hoard, Norway's largest find of Viking gold, but the hoard contained items from the Franks, Romans, Byzantines, Anglo-Saxons, and the Arabic world. Bronze examples of these miniature situlae have been found in hoards in Vimose bog, Denmark, and Driffield, Yorkshire, England. Researchers have theorized that they represent large wooden buckets used in the world of the Franks, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings to hold mead or ale. Those buckets were used to replenish individual drinks during feasts. These small pendants were probably symbolic of that activity, representing endless abundance.
Provenance: private New York, USA Collection
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