c. 900-1100 AD. A matched pair of Viking gilded silver temple earrings; each with a round-section hook and a hollow conical bulb; there is coiled filigree decoration on the shank and junction of the bulb. See Ristovska, N. Temple Pendants in Medieval Rus': How Were They Worn? in Entwistle, C. & Adams, N. Intelligible Beauty, Recent Research into Byzantine Jewellery, London, 2010. Good condition.Size: L:35mm / W:35mm ; 11.5g; Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquire on the UK/European art market before 2000.