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LOT 0090
Minoan Rock Crystal Gemstone with Ship
1500-1200 B.C.
5/8 in. (3.1 grams, 16 mm).
Discoid body, on one face engraving of a ship with curved body, paddles and cross-hatched sail; pierced vertically for suspension. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old London, UK, collection formed before 1975.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, gentleman antiquarian.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Michael C. Carlos Museum, object no. 2010.013.001; Ashmolean Museum, AN1938.761.
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