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LOT 0356
Viking Age Bronze Odin with Ravens Fire Striker
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (25.83 grams, 58 mm).
Openwork handle depicting confronted birds of prey flanking a crouching figure, facing, on a band of pellets; iron striking face below.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.144, for type.
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