COLLANA VICHINGA
VIKING NECKLACE
DATE: 10th-13th centuries AD.
MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE: glass paste, cast and chiselled bronze.
Three strands necklace with black glass paste vagos and pendants to bulla and Greek cross in cast bronze, and three sacred images with the Virgin at the center of each strand
PRODUCTION: Viking culture
STATE OF CONSERVATION: intact, modern setting
DIMENSIONS: length cm 46
ORIGIN: private collection, Florence