Bidspirit auction | VIKING GILDED BRONZE CRESCENT PENDANT

VIKING GILDED BRONZE CRESCENT PENDANT WITH RAVENS - Ca. AD 800 - 1000.A rare early medieval pendant made from gilded bronze. The pendant, crescent-moon in form, is adorned with two ravens facing each other in a stylised zoomorphic pattern. The raven is decorated in three different sections with twisted, parallel, and everted lines. This piece speaks to the distinctive cultural milieu of the eastern Viking world and its contact with the Byzantine Empire and Islamic Middle East.Size: 40mm x 50mm; Weight: 10gProvenance: Private London collection. acquired on the European art market prior to 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.