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LOT 1528
Late Bronze Age Hooked Sickle Blade
8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (34.8 grams, 97 mm).
A scarce type III sickle with recurved finial and a curved single-edged blade with thickened upper rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman
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