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LOT 0900
Roman Silver Razor Handle
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.6 grams, 27 mm).
Handle from a twin-bladed triangular razor, in the form of the head and neck of a panther, the head turned backwards, the panther having backwards-pointing ears, the eyes of the animal depicted by a horizontal engraved line within an elongated leaf-shaped moulding, the nose curving downwards and its tip tapering to a rounded end, smooth neck. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Home Counties collection, formed 1970-1980.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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