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LOT 0509
Phoenician and Later Glass Eye Bead collection
6TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
3/8 - 1/2 in. (14.1 grams total, 10-13 mm).
A mixed group of seven polychrome glass beads incorporating with circular or 'eye' and swirling motifs. [7, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s.
Property of a Harrow, UK, gentleman.
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