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LOT 1736
Viking Bronze Fire Steel with Dragons
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (37.6 grams, 57 mm).
With bronze handle formed as two opposing dragons, each biting its own tail forming the loops; iron striker below. [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, pl.144, item 2.
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