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LOT 0961
Late Byzantine Marble Decorative Fragment
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
6 7/8 in. (1.28 kg, 17.5 cm).
Architectural border fragment with carved ledge and D-section rim with carved running guilloche motifs in high relief.
ProvenanceAssembled by family members in the mid 20th century.
From a private West Sussex, UK, family collection.
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