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LOT 0519
Phoenician Blue Glass Bird Pendant
425-200 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (5.5 grams, 32 mm).
Hollow-formed amuletic pendant with applied trails to the body, iridescent surface, yellow glass detailing.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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