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LOT 0410
Egypto-Phoenician Stone Scaraboid Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 3/4 in. (4.69 grams total, 13-18 mm).
One with incuse bird, chevron and other motifs to the underside, the other in mottled hardstone. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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