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THBAnglo-Saxon / Viking Silver Pendant Basket
Lot 39
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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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By Artemis Gallery
Dec 3, 2020
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2020-12-03 10:00:00
2020-12-03 10:00:00
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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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- Lot Description
Northern Europe, Anglo-Saxon or Viking / Norse culture, ca. 6th to 10th century CE. A fascinating miniature bucket pendant (also basket or situla) shaped from 92.7% silver with a slender strap handle arching over the cylindrical body. The walls are formed from a strip of silver that has soldering along its vertical seam and along the area joining it to the planar base. The exterior surfaces are adorned with fine filigree bands that enclose a register of double-spiraled crescents with spherical granules placed within the tight coils. Size: 0.625" W x 1.1" H (1.6 cm x 2.8 cm); quality of silver: 92.7%; total weight: 4.4 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. 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 and replenish individual drinks during feasts. These small pendants were probably symbolic of that activity, representing endless abundance.
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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#160713Repair to small area of one handle terminal, with nearly invisible resurfacing along break line. Slight bending to form of handle, walls, and base, with light encrustations within some recessed areas. Great patina and preservation to filigree and granules throughout.Condition
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