Two silver / bronze temple rings, Viking period, 800-1000 AD
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: European Medieval: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1477599
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: European Medieval: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1477599
$250.00
Two different silver & bronze 'temple' rings, Viking settlers of Scandinavia, Kingdom of the Rus or Kievan Rus, present day Ukraine, c. 800-1000 AD.
Beautiful and still wearable temple rings, one with three 'knotted' pendants or beads in cobber or bronze with some silver and another in solid silver with cuprite inlays along the edge of the the 4 projecting decorative knobs. These rings were worn from a headband around the temples by Viking Rus women, hence the name Temple rings.
Size: 2,8-3 cm. in diameter, Weight 8,57 grams.
Condition: Nice Very Fine for type, basically intact with wear and patina. These are still wearable in a necklace, as pendants or as earrings.
Ex. Dutch auction sale and private collection
Beautiful and still wearable temple rings, one with three 'knotted' pendants or beads in cobber or bronze with some silver and another in solid silver with cuprite inlays along the edge of the the 4 projecting decorative knobs. These rings were worn from a headband around the temples by Viking Rus women, hence the name Temple rings.
Size: 2,8-3 cm. in diameter, Weight 8,57 grams.
Condition: Nice Very Fine for type, basically intact with wear and patina. These are still wearable in a necklace, as pendants or as earrings.
Ex. Dutch auction sale and private collection
