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LOT 1332
Medieval Decorated Bone Artefact
14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (19.77 grams, 70 mm).
A bone item, likely the hilt of a knife, composed of a slightly tapering cuboid body with a thin piece of bone sandwiched between the two halves, one face ornamented with ring-and-dot motifs along the length of the body, crosses formed at regular intervals, one face with diagonal hatching, one face with columns composed of ring-and-dot motifs, one face with vertical hatching. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Private collection of the late Alison Barker, a retired London barrister.
Footnotes
The careful repairs in antiquity suggest that this item was greatly treasured by its owner.
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