Circa 1850-1900 A.D. A fire strikerposed of an organic rectangular lidded pouch for tinder and flint studded with floral and geometric motifs, iron striker decorated with dragons; toggleprising lunate loop above with stone and openwork swivel links. See Veleanu, M., Tibetan Artifacts, USA, 2009, pp.201, 203, for similar examples. 173 grams, 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.). Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection.