SCANDINAVIAN VIKING HIGH KARAT GOLD CIRCULAR PENDANT WITH SCROLLWORK

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Ca. AD 650 - 750. A gold pendant formed as a circular plate, the obverse bordered by twisted wire and decorated with four ropework roundels in a square, each with three scrolls around a central circle. The centre with a concentric circle motif, the interstices filled with trilobate scroll ornament, repeated on the rolled suspension loop set at the top. The reverse plain. For similar see: E. Reynolds and E. Webster, Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World, f. 3 - 4. Size: 33mm x 31mm; Weight: 6.6g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Germany; formerly in a Swiss private collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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