LARGE GROUP OF VIKING PERIOD GOLD, PARCEL-GILT AND HARDSTONE JEWELLERY

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Ca. AD 1000 - 1200 A large group of jewellery elements, including four gold beads, each of barrel form with twisted-wire median bands and dense granulation arranged in star-like panels around the perforations; a pair of rosette appliqu?s, each with concentric collars of granules around a central polygonal cabochon and bronze backing strip; a set of parcel-gilt silver appliqu?s comprising a pair of crescentic mounts and a pair of quatrefoil mounts, each edged with twisted wire and decorated with granulation; a pair of faceted polygonal banded agate beads; four further parcel-gilt silver lunate mounts with twisted-wire borders and triangular fields of granules; and a mixed assemblage of glass and stone beads and bronze flat pendants. Size: 24.5-26mm x 24.9-25.1mm; Weight: 86.2g. Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. For similar see: J. Graham-Campbell, World of Art, Viking Art, p.88.

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