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Villanovan Bronze Lunate Razor Villanovan Bronze Lunate Razor Villanovan Bronze Lunate Razor
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LOT 0619

Villanovan Bronze Lunate Razor

9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.

4 1/4 in. (22 grams, 10.7 cm).

Comprising a broad crescentic plate with incised border and radiating hatched triangles respecting the concave curve of the blade; knop below the inner edge, short handle with stem and ring formed as addorsed birds; Grotta Gramicella Type A.

Provenance

Acquired on the European art market, 1990s.
English private collection.
with Bertolami Fine Arts Ltd, Auction 43, no.71.

Literature

Cf. similar item in National Museums Liverpool, World Museum under accession no.M4574.

CONDITION
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LOT 0619

Villanovan Bronze Lunate Razor

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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