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All auctions / Medals, Arms & Armor / EXTREMELY RARE EGYPTIAN INLAID BRONZE KNIFE WITH ANUBIS AND PAPYRUS-FORM HANDLE
ew Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A bronze embalmer's knife with a broad, strongly curved blade tapering to an upturned point. The handle is cast as a papyrus stalk, its stem set with riveted lapis lazuli inlays and ending in a crescent-shaped pommel inset with a further stone panel. At the junction with the blade is a recumbent jackal-form Anubis, modelled in profile above the grip. For similar see: The Louvre Museum, Main number: N 2116. Size: 355mm x 120mm; Weight: 450g Provenance: Private UK collection; ex Belgian collection, 1990s-2010s; ex American collection of Peter H. Tillou, 1970s-1990s; ex US art gallery, 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmatio
Estimate:$6,798.33
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