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THBViking Silver / Platinum Pendant, Sigurd & Fafnir 8.8 g
Lot 28b
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
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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, Viking, ca. 900 to 1100 CE. A very rare silver-platinum amulet depicting a highly stylized, curvilinear representation of Sigurd slaying Fafnir. According to Norse mythology, Fafnir (Old Norse and Icelandic, also Fraenir) was a son of the dwarf king named Hreidmar and the strongest of his brothers Regin, Otr, Lyngheior, and Lofnheior. Fafnir guarded his father's house of gold and gems. After falling victim to the curse of Andvari's magical ring and gold, Fafnir turned into a greedy dragon and was later slain by the courageous hero Sigurd. A mesmerizing as well as wearable reminder of this myth that would have inspired similar bravery in Viking warriors. Precious Metal quality: 79% silver and 4.4% platinum. Size (pendant): 1.5" L x 1.25" W (3.8 cm x 3.2 cm); (cord): 21" L (53.3 cm); total weight: 8.8 grams
The important Viking metalworking shops correspond to their great trading ports and proto-urban centers - Birka, Helgo, Sigtuna, and Lund in Sweden, Ribe, Haithabu (Hedeby), and Fyrkat in Denmark, and Kaupang and Trondheim in Norway. Silver was the principal currency of the Viking world, which stretched from Russia to northern Canada at the height of their influence. In many places, the Vikings kept silver not as coins, but as jewelry, a wearable currency form that was not subject to the authority of a monarch or mint. One of the most interesting archaeological finds from the Viking period is a hoard of metal objects, often buried in the earth or deposited in bodies of water, like river beds.
See a special depiction of this theme - Sigurd slaying Fafnir - on the right portal of Hylestad Stave Church, second half of 12th century CE.
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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#161423Visible repair on verso with small area of adhesive residue. Some softening of details. Heavy patina. Pendant is ancient and wearable -strung in modern times on a modern cord.Condition
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