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LOT 1720
Viking Age Iron Knife with Decoration
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 in. (27 grams, 14.5 cm).
Two-edged blade with low-relief hatched zoomorphic ornament. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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