9th-11th century AD. A two-part gilt bronze pendant comprising a figure-of-eight loop with a beast-head pendant, the beast with open jaws, holding a suspension loop for a discoid face mask pendant. 7.8 grams, 80mm (3"). From an important central London collection; previously in a European collection in the 1990s; formerly acquired on the German art market in the early 1980s. [No Reserve]