LOT 2294 Viking Handbag Lock with Dragon
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10th-12th century AD. A bronze bag device formed as a foliate quatrefoil with openwork design of a coiled dragon; to the reverse a pinned plaque holding in place an extendable bar. Cf. Kolchin, B.A. Drevniy Novgorod. Prikladnoye iskusstvo i arkheologiya, Moscow, 1985, p.84, fig.157, for similar imagery: https://imgur.com/P6ECcOn. 7.8 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). From a private ring collection; acquired before 1990. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
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