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THBGorgeous 9th C. Viking Gold Ring Stamped Motif
Lot 47c
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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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- Lot Description
Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Viking or Norse culture, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A gorgeous ring comprised of 97.62% gold (equivalent to 23K+) with a generous and wide band decorated with impressed and bas relief designs in diamond and circle motifs, symmetrically arranged across the surface. A central ridge and dotted border further accentuate the beautiful patterns. The band gradually narrows to a wrapped gold wire shank with a coiled spiral. The intricate design and workmanship of this piece is impressive, and this ring is well preserved and absolutely stunning! Size of decorated band: .75" L (1.9 cm); size of opening: .68" in diameter (1.7 cm); US ring size: 5; quality of gold 97.62% (equivalent to 23K+); total weight: 7.3 grams
Viking men and women wore gold and silver accessories like this example as signs of visual wealth. Jewelry was often used as currency or deposited in rivers as offerings to the gods, though it was also buried with owners upon death. Scholars believe that a popular practice was to amass a hoard of these precious objects and then deposit them, often in water sources like rivers. Gold rings - like all gold objects - were apparently quite rare, only found in graves of the highest status. In pagan Viking culture gold rings were used to swear oaths on and as markers of the godi, members of the Thing (governing assembly); some scholars have speculated that their deposition in hoards was an attempt to save them from violation with the coming sweep of Christianity.
Provenance: private New York City, 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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#162574Excellent condition and wearable. Slight bending to form and minor indentations.Condition
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