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LOT 1537
Mixed Gemstone Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
1/8 - 5/8 in. (7.86 grams total, 4-16 mm).
The group comprising: two facetted olivine gems with a handwritten label 'Olivine, Egypt'; cushion-cut peridot with a handwritten label 'Peridot, Egypt'; a round-cut spessartite garnet with a handwritten label 'Spessartite garnet, Burma, £1-10/-'; an oval lapis lazuli intaglio; an oval light green turquoise intaglio; a rectangle-cut smoky quartz; a round-cut red glass gem; two black onyx(?) intaglios, one round and one rectangular. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection formed 1970s-1990s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
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Large Egyptian Revival Painted Stone Plaque
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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
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