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LOT 0341
Viking Age Bronze Fire Steel with Figure and Animals
8TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (58 grams, 60 mm).
With openwork bifacial handle depicting central standing figure with arms outstretched towards the necks of two flanking rampant beasts; iron blade beneath; Finno-Ugric type.
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
See Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.144, item 1, for type.
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LOT 0341
Viking Age Bronze Fire Steel with Figure and Animals
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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