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LOT 1400
Viking Age Iron Stirrup with Silver Inlay
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/4 in. (244 grams, 16 cm).
Comprising an ovoid body with a rectangular void to accept a strap; the lower section broad with a rib to the underside, the upper flat in section with silver inlay in geometric forms to one face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, grave 735, for type.
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