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LOT 0314
Viking Bronze Decorated Jeweller's Hammer
9TH–EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 in. (50 grams total, 11.4 cm including stand).
Comprising: trapezoidal body with impressed ropework band to one face; flared conical arm with piening face, hatching to narrow end; rectangular-section blade with herringbone ornament to upper face, narrow working face; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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