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LOT 0479

Phoenician Bead with Faces

7TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

5/8 in. (2.9 grams, 15 mm).

A glass spherical bead with three millefiori faces in the median dark blue band.

Provenance

Acquired 1969-1999.
London collection of the late S.M., thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 0479

Phoenician Bead with Faces

Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)

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