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LOT 0120
Roman Bronze Knife Handle with Boar's Head
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (19.2 grams, 50 mm).
The stylised boar's head projecting from the terminal of the tapering rectangular-section handle, two registers of incised ornament to both broad faces and 'scale' detailing to the narrow edges.
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
LiteratureCf. MOLA Collections Online, id. 1130, for similar.
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