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THBViking Bronze Borre Pendant w/ Entwined Dragons
Lot 40
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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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Oct 21, 2021
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Northern Europe, Scandinavia, probably Norway, Viking or Norse culture, Borre type, ca. 9th to 10th century CE. A lovely and wearable cast-bronze pendant of a discoid form with openwork dragon motifs beneath an integral, horizontal suspension bale. This Borre type pendant features 2 openwork dragons - perhaps Jormungander (also Jormungandr), the World Serpent - that are mirrored down the center. Their curvilinear bodies are adorned with repeating rectangular scales and have curled tails, sinuous limbs, and large heads with bullseye-form eyes and gaping jaws. Both serpentine creatures are enclosed within an annular border, and the suspension bale above is perhaps representative of Mjolnir, the legendary hammer of the thunder god Thor. Size (pendant): 1.6" W x 1.8" H (4.1 cm x 4.6 cm); (necklace): 22.125" L (56.2 cm)
Provenance: private Carmichael, California, USA collection, acquired in the 1990's
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm.
Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#167457Wearable as shown and strung in modern times. Bronze pendant is ancient and necklace strand is modern. Pendant likely professionally cleaned. Minor abrasions to verso and some obverse details, with softening to some finer details, and light encrustations within some recessed areas of obverse, otherwise intact and very good. Great green and brown patina throughout.Condition
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