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LOT 2375
Tibetan Rock Crystal Ceramonial Purba Dagger
20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 7/8 in. (85 grams, 12.5 cm).
Triangular in section with lobed point and three radiating masks beneath a quadrate crown. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; 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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