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LOT 1589
Carved Agate Amuletic Bead Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1 - 1 5/8 in. (39.1 grams total, 24-41 mm).
Each bead polished and drilled for suspension, three carved in the form of what are possibly vajras, together with a bow-tie shaped bead. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Large Bronze Roman Romulus and Remus Plaque
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Opening Bid: £750
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Ex Weser auction, Germany. Ex French gallery, Paris.
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Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
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