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THBViking Bronze Neck Torque w/ Decorative Beads
Lot 64a
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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
May 9, 2019
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2019-05-09 10:00:00
2019-05-09 10:00:00
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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. All legally acquired, legal to sell. Satisfaction guaranteed. Convenient in-house shipping. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. All legally acquired, legal to sell. Satisfaction guaranteed. Convenient in-house shipping. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Northern Europe, Viking or Norse culture, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A gorgeous viking torque comprised of a singular strip of tightly-spiraled bronze arranged in a circular presentation. The lower half of the torque displays twelve crescent-shaped bronze beads with openwork arms and cylindrical tangs, and a thirteenth bead hangs in the middle as the central pendant. The torque and its components were once a cohesive piece of jewelry, though each component has been strung on a modern metal wire for presentation. Layers of smooth green and russet patina envelop the bronze components and make this a wearable example of stylish Viking craftsmanship! Size (outstretched): 24" L (61 cm); size (in wearable form): 7.5" W (19 cm); size (largest bead): 1.25" H (3.2 cm).
The Vikings - groups of people who left Scandinavia to plunder and colonize northern Europe (and who travelled as far afield as northeastern North America and the great kingdoms of the Middle East) - had a distinctive artistic tradition, although many of the metals that they had were acquired through conquest and the bronze for this torque likely was melted down from other bronze objects, perhaps some acquired by looting a monastery or trading in the Mediterranean. Bronze jewelry also served as a form of easily transported coinage; this piece would have spoken to the wealth of its owner.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Neil Phillips collection, New York, New York, USA, acquired in the 1980s
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.
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#139441Wearable as shown. Torque reassembled from multiple large pieces. Bronze components are ancient and metal wire is modern. Bronze components have surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, small losses to some terminals of spiraled tubes and terminals of crescent beads, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits as well as great green and russet patina throughout.Condition
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