PAKISTAN, ancient personal grooming tools

PM13) BAKTRIAN, c. 800-300 BC, bronze mirror, 105mm dia., flat, raised lip, loop for hanging, from Darel, Gilgit, NWFP, broken loop, F $50.00 sold
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PM9) BAKTRIAN, c. 800-300 BC, bronze mirror, 97mm dia., mildly concave, nice surfaces, from Tangir, Gilgit, NWFP, "VF" $50.00 sold
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PM16) BAKTRIAN, c. 1000-500 BC, bronze mirror lot, 93-154mm, all round, undecorated, some with raised lip on edge, 10 pieces, 3 have defects, 2 are choice, most are heavily patinated, $285.00
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PMT5) GREEK, c. 300-100 BC, bronze tweezer, 70x9mm, "wheatfield" pattern, from Barikot, VF $20.00 sold
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223-10. GREEK-SCYTHIAN, c. 300-100 BC, bronze razor handles, type used from Europe to China, from Udigram, bit of iron blades remain. In 2004 you could see an almost identical item on Edgar L. Owen's website described as Roman with a $1300.00 price tag and a note "SOLD":
a) 51x40mm, 3 loops for fingers, decorative panel of alternating circles & lines on each side, 3rd loop broken, F $25.00 sold
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b) 49x55mm, geometric decoration, F $65.00 sold
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PR1) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, thin sheet in elongated diamond shape with thicker tang rolled up into a small handle, 110x27mm, 13g, from Gilgit, NWFP, some scratches, $23.00
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PR2) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 163x43mm, from Gilgit, NWFP, couple of corroded spots, $26.00 sold
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PR3) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 145x37mm, bit of decoration on handle, from Gilgit, NWFP, intact, best of the batch, $40.00sold
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PR4) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, thin looped handle, 130x30mm, from Gilgit, NWFP, slightly chipped edges $21.00 sold
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PR5) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, leaf shaped blade, thin looped handle, few lines of decoration on handle, 87x15mm, from Gilgit, NWFP, intact $25.00
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PR6) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 87x11mm, from Gilgit, NWFP, chips, $9.00 sold
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PR7) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 98x19mm, few lines of decoration on handle, from Gilgit, NWFP, intact $31.00 sold
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PR13) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 81x12mm, from Darel, Gilgit, F $12.00 sold
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PR15) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 82x12mm, from Darel, Gilgit, F $12.00
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PR16) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 87x14mm, from Darel, Gilgit, F $12.00 sold
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PR17) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 86x14mm, from Darel, Gilgit, VF $16.00
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PR14) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 58x6mm, from Darel, Gilgit, F $12.00
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PR18) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 81x15mm, from Darel, Gilgit, light chips, VG $9.00
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PR19) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor, 81x15mm, from Darel, Gilgit, light chips, VG $9.00 sold
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PR20) GREEK-SCYTHIAN-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 200 AD, bronze razor?, 49x24mm, diamond shaped pendant, flat central ridge on one side, from Darel, chipped edges, VG $5.00 sold 4/19/2008
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PR21) KUSHAN, c. 100-400 AD, bronze razor lot,  83-150mm long, some with minor decoration on handles, Northwest Frontier, 10 pcs, all with rough green patina, few have missing tips, 1 bent, the rest decent, $89.00
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Want to see more pics of razors?  Ask for pic #s 22-30

PM1) GREEK-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 500 AD, bronze mirror, 73mm diameter on 63x17mm handle pierced for hanging, from Gilgit, bit of original shiny surface remains, tiny crack at end of handle, $55.00sold
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PM12) GREEK-KUSHAN, c. 300 BC - 500 AD, bronze tweezer, 57mm long, ring end, few lines for grip, from Gilgit, NWF, F $15.00
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PM11)probably SCYTHIAN, c. 100 BC - 100 AD, carved schist cosmetic tray, round, divided in two parts, bottom has 2 depressions, top is a nicely carved horse reclining L, back has linear petal pattern, 141mm dia., from Paray near Barikot, NWF, minor gouges at edge on back, minor chip at edge on front, the horse is nice, overall pretty good piece, $450.00 sold
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PM6) probably SCYTHIAN, c. 100 BC - 100 AD, carved schist cosmetic palette, 126mm diameter, decorated with a griffin recumbent L, lotus crudely incised on back, edge chips, one serious, F $150.00 sold
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227-07) SASANIAN?, c. 250 - 400 AD, schist cosmetic palette, 119mm dia., beardless man seated on hippocamp L holding a musical instrument, from Gunyar, some chipping, serious but not critical, excellent portrait, $230.00 sold
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PCMB1) SASANIAN, c. 251-350 AD, bronze comb, 117mm long, 38mm wide semicircular handle,  handle decorated on one side, something was attached to it, missing now, & extra set of teeth on back of handle, from Darel, NWFP, all but a few stubs of the teeth are missing, otherwise F $40.00 sold 2/13/2008
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PSP4) GANDHARA-SHAHI?, c. 100-1000 AD?, bronze powder spoon, 82x22mm with lotus design on bottom of bowl.  For henna, etc. Complete, smooth black patina, VG $18.00 sold
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PSP5) GANDHARA-SHAHI?, c. 100-1000 AD?, bronze henna spoons, 25mm dia. on handles 29-55mm long, floral decoration, from Udigram, several in stock, VG @ $18.00 each b, c, d, e sold
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PSP11) GANDHARA-SHAHI?, c. 100-1000 AD?, bronze spoon, 202mm long, 55mm diameter bowl, some cast in decoration, from Nal, F $35.00 sold
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PM5) KUSHAN, c. 100-400 AD, bronze mirror, 60mm diameter with 55mm handle, loop end handle, from Buner, bit of chipping, $45.00 sold
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PM6) KUSHAN, c. 100-400 AD, bronze mirror?, 115mm diameter, slightly dished, from Buner, F $25.00
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PM12) late KUSHAN-HEPHTHALITE, c. 400-700 AD, bronze mirror, pretty much flat & undecorated, ~150mm dia. on 75x30mm flared base handle, from Gilgit, some chips, heavily cleaned, G $35.00
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PM4) HEPHTHALITE?, c. 400-700 AD, bronze mirror?, 70mm square with 28mm diameter circles on corners, loop in center on back, from Gilgit, crude, few minor chips, F $45.00 sold
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PM3) SHAHI, c. 750-1000 AD, bronze mirror, 120mm diameter, incised bull's eye decoration, from Udigram, nice, $53.00 sold
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PT1) SHAHI-ISLAMIC?, c. 500-1200 AD?, bronze tweezers, 83x15mm, 10.3g, simple linear floral decoration, aVF $44.00
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PT2) ISLAMIC, after c. 1000 AD, iron tweezer, 54x12mm, pomegranite silhouette, F $12.00 sold
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PT6) ISLAMIC, after c. 1000 AD, tweezer, 58x13mm, pomegranite shaped grips, from Udigram, VG $9.00
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PT8) ISLAMIC, c. 1000-1800, silver tweezer, 40x8mm, 4.5g,  geometric design stamped with punches, from NWFP, VF $44.00
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PT3) ISLAMIC, c. 1500-1800, silver tweezer, 55x13mm, 5g, decorated with a stone, now missing, unknown location in NWF, F $15.00
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