FINE ANCIENT ART & ANTIQUITIES - DAY 1
Da Apollo Art Auctions
12.10.24
63-64 Margaret St. London, W1W 8SW

LOTTO 117:

VIKING TWISTED SILVER RING

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£ 200
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VIKING TWISTED SILVER RING
Ca. AD 800 - 1100.A Viking ring with twisted wires and a solid shank formed from silver. The top portion features four pairs of twisted wires that spiral around one another, before tapering and fusing to form the shank. A common practice seems to have been to amass a hoard of these objects and then deposit them, often in water sources like rivers. For similar see: Viking art, Thames and Hudson, fig. 73, 74.Size: D:17.32mm / US: 7 / UK: N 1/2; Weight: 6gProvenance: Property of a London gallery; previously acquired at the art market in Vienna; formerly in an Austrian collection formed prior to 2000.