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LOT 1557
Neolithic Wood Shaving Blade with Antler Handle
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 1/8 in. (134 grams, 23.1 cm).
Finely knapped and polished tongue-shaped blade embedded in a more recent antler handle with chisel finial.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1557
Neolithic Wood Shaving Blade with Antler Handle
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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