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LOT 1992
Carved Agate Amuletic Bead Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1 1/2 in. (28.9 grams total, 39-41 mm).
Polished and drilled for suspension; two in the form of vajras and one facetted. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Military Badge and Other Artefact Group
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Found Berkshire, UK. -
Tibetan Style Glass Eye Bead Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a group of six large tubular beads imitating traditional 'etched' agate Zi beads; each longitudinally pierced for stringing. 135 grams total, 53-70 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Leather Bound Religious Manuscript Book
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Leather-bound book of a religious treatise with Naskh text in red on the first page beneath a banner with cross images and Greek text below; many pages with large Greek letters in black and Naskh script sub-headings in red ink; red Arabic numerals to the corner of some pages; marginal notations and other markings; probably from North Africa. 555 grams. 19 x 14 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
