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LOT 1783
Viking Inlaid Silver and Gold Knife Handle
8TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (16.57 grams, 66 mm (44.6 grams total, 66 mm wide including stand)).
Ellipsoid in section with applied silver strips connecting silver discs; flanking gilt studs; circumferential bands; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market, 1995.
Private collection, London.
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