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Auction archive: Lot number 0535

Scandinavian Pre-Viking Gold Bucket Pendant

Antiquities & Coins
3 Sep 2019 - 9 Sep 2019
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$608 - US$851
Price realised:
£875
Auction archive: Lot number 0535

Scandinavian Pre-Viking Gold Bucket Pendant

Antiquities & Coins
3 Sep 2019 - 9 Sep 2019
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$608 - US$851
Price realised:
£875
Beschreibung:

Scandinavian Pre-Viking Gold Bucket Pendant 4th-7th century AD A gold pendant in the form of a miniature bucket with filigree strap handle and knotwork band to the sidewall. 3.6 grams, 20mm (3/4"). Extremely fine condition. [No Reserve] Provenance From a London W1, UK, collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. Literature See Khrapunov I. and Stylegar, F.A., Inter Ambo Maria, Contacts between Scandinavia and the Crimea in the Roman Period; and Бажан И, А., Каргапольцев С, Ю, 1989, Об одной категории украшений-амулетов римского времени в Восточной Европе, СА, No.3. Footnotes Pendants in the form of miniature buckets have been found in a number of pagan Anglo-Saxon and Viking contexts and are generally made of bronze or iron, with gold examples being rare; three gold examples were found with the hoard from Hoen, Norway. Bronze bucket amulets have been found at Driffield in Yorkshire, and Vimose bog in Denmark, among other places. In form they represent wooden buckets bound with bronze or iron bands which have been found in Anglo-Saxon and Viking graves and are believed to have held mead or ale and were used to replenish the cups from which warriors drank. As amulets they probably represent the ecstatic power of alcoholic drink and the role of women as the dispensers of these precious beverages.

Auction archive: Lot number 0535
Auction:
Datum:
3 Sep 2019 - 9 Sep 2019
Auction house:
Timeline Auctions
23-24 Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6HE
United Kingdom
enquiries@timelineauctions.com
+44 (0)20 71291494
+44 (0)1277 814122
Beschreibung:

Scandinavian Pre-Viking Gold Bucket Pendant 4th-7th century AD A gold pendant in the form of a miniature bucket with filigree strap handle and knotwork band to the sidewall. 3.6 grams, 20mm (3/4"). Extremely fine condition. [No Reserve] Provenance From a London W1, UK, collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. Literature See Khrapunov I. and Stylegar, F.A., Inter Ambo Maria, Contacts between Scandinavia and the Crimea in the Roman Period; and Бажан И, А., Каргапольцев С, Ю, 1989, Об одной категории украшений-амулетов римского времени в Восточной Европе, СА, No.3. Footnotes Pendants in the form of miniature buckets have been found in a number of pagan Anglo-Saxon and Viking contexts and are generally made of bronze or iron, with gold examples being rare; three gold examples were found with the hoard from Hoen, Norway. Bronze bucket amulets have been found at Driffield in Yorkshire, and Vimose bog in Denmark, among other places. In form they represent wooden buckets bound with bronze or iron bands which have been found in Anglo-Saxon and Viking graves and are believed to have held mead or ale and were used to replenish the cups from which warriors drank. As amulets they probably represent the ecstatic power of alcoholic drink and the role of women as the dispensers of these precious beverages.

Auction archive: Lot number 0535
Auction:
Datum:
3 Sep 2019 - 9 Sep 2019
Auction house:
Timeline Auctions
23-24 Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6HE
United Kingdom
enquiries@timelineauctions.com
+44 (0)20 71291494
+44 (0)1277 814122
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