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LOT 1566
Coptic Wooden Bread Stamp
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (84 grams, 12 cm wide).
Discoid piano-convex stamp with chip-carved cruciform design to the main face including 'ICXC' Christograms; similar to the handle.
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Important North West London collection.
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