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LOT 0432
Egyptian Blue Faience Clothing Mounts
ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.
1 - 1 1/4 in. (124 grams total, 25-30 mm).
Group of rosette mounts, each plano-convex in profile with two attachment holes to the centre and pierced loops to the rim. [29]
Provenance
UK private collection, formed in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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