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LOT 0315

Viking Gold Inlaid Iron Artefact Collection

LATE 10TH-EARLY 11TH CENTURY A.D.

4 7/8 - 7 1/8 in. (16 x 10 1/2 in.) (320 grams total, 12.5-18.2 cm (1.84 kg total, display stand: 40.5 x 26.5 cm)).

Comprising: an iron stirrup with inlaid radiating bars to the plaque; ferrous key with split shank, openwork end, bulb with inlaid gold wires; dress pin with hatched gold decoration; mounted on a custom-made stand. [3]

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market, 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12504-231308.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and 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, grave 735, for stirrup type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0315

Viking Gold Inlaid Iron Artefact Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600

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