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LOT 0271
Bactrian Tubular Carnelian Bead
LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 5/8 in. (8.6 grams, 93 mm).
Exceptional slender tubular bead with tapering shape towards either end, carinated around the centre
Provenancewith Nefer Gallery, 1993.
From a European collection formed before 2000.
Property of a London gentleman.
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