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THBWearable Viking Gilt Silver / Silver Zoomorphic Pendant
Lot 55
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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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- Lot Description
Northern Europe, probably Gotland or Denmark, Viking period, ca. 10th to 12th century CE. Stunning! A wearable high quality silver and gilded pendant. This is a masterwork of the Viking style with 62.69% gilt on the frontside covering the multiple zoomorphic forms along the length, and a classic foliate motif. A cat or fox-like creature protrudes from the top, with a perforation for suspension through the tip of the mouth. Along the peripheries and opposite end are three additional feline-shaped heads. Below is a circular form with three equidistantly placed perforations in the central concave bowl which is surrounded by a decorated rim. This ornate piece is wearable and strung on a modern cord with a lobster clasp. Size of pendant: 3.375" L x .875" W (8.6 cm x 2.2 cm); cord: 20" L (50.8 cm); quality of silver: 33.67 to 96%; quality of gilding: 62.69% (equivalent to 15K); total weight 17.5 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 common practice was to amass a hoard of these objects and then deposit them, often in water sources like rivers. Pendants made of gold as well as silver were quite rare, and have only been found in graves of the highest status.
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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#161425Wearable, strung in modern times on a modern cord. Light mineral deposits within disc perforations. Nice patina!Condition
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