An attractive Villanovan lunate bronze razor, c. 8th Century BC, fashioned from sheet bronze with curved cutting edge and small projection opposite near the attached looped wire handle. 5 1/8 x 3 in (12.9 x 7.6 cm). A nice example, beautifully patinated with a custom metal stand. Ex estate of Seward Kennedy, New York. Mr. Kennedy worked for decades as a lawyer for the Mobil Corporation, and acquired his collection throughout decades of travel beginning in the 1950's.

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