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LOT 0834

Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

ROMAN BRONZE SCALPEL MEDICAL INSTRUMENT
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
8 1/4 in. (38.4 grams, 20.9 cm).

Round-section handle with bulb finial and ribbed baluster, narrow swept blade. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

LITERATURE:
Cf. similar in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.74.51.5511.

CONDITION
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