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LOT 1731
Large Byzantine Bone Decorated Spindle Whorl
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (19 grams, 38 mm).
Plano-convex in section with radiating ring-and-dot motifs.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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