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Etruscan Miniature Glass Amulet Collection Etruscan Miniature Glass Amulet Collection Etruscan Miniature Glass Amulet Collection
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LOT 0620

Etruscan Miniature Glass Amulet Collection

4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (11.4 grams total, 17-29 mm).

Comprising: a tubular green glass fitting with applied white-glass spines, pinched beak and broad eyes with spurs at the ears, probably an owl; a D-shaped oblate with central piercing and spurs to the angles, perhaps a bird; similar with longer curved spurs, probably a duck. [3]

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12310-222342.

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LOT 0620

Etruscan Miniature Glass Amulet Collection

Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)

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