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Minoan Rock Crystal Gemstone with Ship Minoan Rock Crystal Gemstone with Ship Minoan Rock Crystal Gemstone with Ship
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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]

Provenance

From 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.

Literature

Cf. Michael C. Carlos Museum, object no. 2010.013.001; Ashmolean Museum, AN1938.761.

CONDITION
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LOT 0090

Minoan Rock Crystal Gemstone with Ship

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040

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