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LOT 0122
Roman Bronze Strigil with Leaf Design
2ND CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
8 5/8 in. (44 grams, 22 cm).
With C-section profile to the blade, rectangular handle with lateral flanges.
ProvenanceAcquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.
See Roach Smith, C., The Antiquities of Richborough, Reculver and Lymne in Kent, London, 1850, for type.
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