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LOT 1923
Viking Bronze Fire Strikers
10TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (53 grams total, 66-68 mm).
Group of two open-work fire strikers, each with with scrolled vegetal ornament. [2]
Provenance
Private collection, Austria.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.144, items 3a, 3b, for type.
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LOT 1923
Viking Bronze Fire Strikers
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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