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LOT 2187
Indian Rock Crystal Dagger Handle with Rubies
LATE 20TH CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (227 grams, 12.7 cm).
The polished rock crystal upper body with pink ruby and green glass floral inlays, band of ruby inlays encircling the neck, polished 'fishtail' lapis lazuli lower body embellished with foliage and flower heads in pink rubies and green glass. [No Reserve]
Provenance
London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
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