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Details
LOT 1959
Inscribed Gemstone
MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (4.54 grams, 21 mm).
Ellipsoid in plan with five lines of dense caligraphic script. [No Reserve]
Provenance
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
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