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LOT 1889
Egyptian Style Faience Scarab Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1/2 in. (15.2 grams total, 11-15 mm).
Each decorated with blue glaze and displaying semi-naturalistic detailing; each featuring hieroglyphs to the base and pierced for suspension; one possibly displaying a fish to the upper face. [13, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Large Ceramic Bellarmine Crest and Pipe Bowl Group
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Stone and Glass Necklace Bead Group
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UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Terracotta Opium Pipe and Other Artefact Group
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Ex an important Dutch collection; acquired on the European art market in the 1970s. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
