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LOT 0133

Roman Bronze Strigil with Leaf Design

2ND CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.

8 5/8 in. (44 grams, 22 cm).

A bronze strigil with C-section profile to the blade, rectangular handle with lateral flanges.

Provenance

Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.

Literature

See Roach Smith, C., The Antiquities of Richborough, Reculver and Lymne in Kent, London, 1850, for type.

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LOT 0133

Roman Bronze Strigil with Leaf Design

Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)

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