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LOT 0445
Phoenician Glass Bead Collection
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
3/8 - 1 1/4 in. (58 grams total, 9-32 mm).
Comprising mainly black glass beads with dragged trails in contrasting colours; a pale blue bead with eye motifs; a hemispherical green glass bead or weight; and a triangular pendant with red, yellow, blue and white banding. [15, No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection formed 1970s-1990s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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