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LOT 0419
Egyptian Faience Beads and Other Fragments
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/8 - 1/2 in. (38 grams total, 1-14 mm).
Including seed and tubular beads, and other items. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old English collection.
Acquired from Brigantia, York, 1990s.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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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