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LOT 0834
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]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. similar in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.74.51.5511.
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