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THBViking Silver Bracteate Pendant w/ Necklace - 148.2 g
Lot 52
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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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Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Viking or Norse culture, ca. 8th to 10th century CE. A gorgeous necklace formed from silver covered with lustrous patina. The lengthy necklace strand is shaped with several braided strands of 97.6% silver wire that coalesce in fused terminals with narrow loops, and through each loop is a twisted ringlet bearing several stamped geometric shapes. A broad 80.5% silver bracteate pendant features a trio of protruding hemispherical nodules surrounded by double-ended spirals, lemniscate forms, hammered circles, and triangular impressions with recessed stippling. Three miniature amulets hang beneath the lower periphery of the pendant and include a petaloid dagger with a corseted handle, a triangular spade blade with circular motifs, and a diminutive Mjolnir hammer. A suspension ring on the verso enables the pendant to be hung via the ringlets on the necklace strand. Size (pendant w/ amulets): 2.2" Diameter x 3.25" H (5.6 cm x 8.3 cm); (necklace): 29" L (73.7 cm); quality of silver: 97.6% (chain) and 80.5% (pendant); total weight: 148.2 grams
Many Vikings did not have a standard minted currency available to them; instead they kept their wealth in the form of jewelry made from precious metals. Scholars believe that a popular practice was to amass a hoard of these objects and then deposit them, often in water sources like rivers.
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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#160718Wearable as shown. Slight bending to overall form of pendant and amulets, with light encrustations inside some recessed areas, and light abrasions, otherwise intact and near-choice. Fabulous patina throughout and great preservation to stamped motifs.Condition
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