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LOT 2472
Natural History - Moss Agate Cabochon
20TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.87 grams, 17 mm).
Of oval form with a domed upper face; polished; held in a box labelled 'purchased in Darjeeling, India, 1961'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P.R.of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
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