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LOT 1408
Bead and Stamp Seal Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
1/8 - 1 3/8 in. (43.4 grams total, 5-34 mm).
A mixed group of mainly stone beads and a seal, including lapis lazuli zoomorphic beads; a stamp seal with couchant lion carved in the round and incuse animal design to base in ancient style; a banded agate bead; biconical bead and others. [11, No Reserve]
Provenance
Essex gallery, early 2000s.
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