STUNNING SAXON PERIOD HIGH KARAT GOLD HEAD OF ODIN PENDANT

拍品描述

Ca. AD 500 - 700. A gold pendant in the form of a stylised head of Odin, with prominent, rounded eyes and a long nose. The face is framed by a crescentic arrangement of hair modelled with raised ribs and granule ornament, and a suspension loop above with a row of applied pellets. For similar see: T. D. Kendrick, The Anglo-Saxon Art to A.D. 900, n. XI, fig. 10. Size: 27.2mm x 23.6mm; Weight: 5.8g Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a German collection formed before the 2000's. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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