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THBSuperb Viking Silver & Rock Crystal Necklace, 214.3 g
Lot 50a
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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 5, 2019
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2019-12-05 10:00:00
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What to give this holiday season? Ancient & Ethnographic Art of course! Our special Holiday auction features hundreds of unique finds from all over the world. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Northern Europe, Viking or Norse culture, early Christian period, ca. 9th to 10th century CE. A magnificent necklace of a lengthy form comprised of a meticulously braided silver chain (93%) that terminates with a pair of sheet-silver caps on either end. Each geometrically-adorned cap has a thin loop protruding from the lower ringlet that is threaded through the top lobes of a three-lobed ornament. Hanging from the ends are a pair of stunning, hand-carved rock crystal brooches that are surrounded by stippled silver wraps and have nearly-pure silver (99%) cross pendants secured via slender pins through the stone. Early Christianity was a prominent influence on Viking culture and art, and this necklace is an exemplary illustration of the culmination of both preeminent artistic styles! Size: 36.25" L (92.1 cm); size of brooch (both are relatively similar): 1.8" W x 2.375" H (4.6 cm x 6 cm); quality of silver: 99% (cross pendants) and 93% (chain); total weight: 214.3 grams.
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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#147883Minor abrasions to rock crystal, caps, and crosses, with a couple of stable pressure fissures to rock crystal, light encrustations within chain, and softening to some geometric motifs, otherwise intact and excellent. Light earthen deposits and fine patina throughout.Condition
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