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LOT 0471

Phoenician Glass Eye Bead Fragments

1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (6.9 grams, 15-18 mm).

Glass fragments from spherical beads with eyes within a white panel on black field. [3]

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Sangiorgi, G., Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no.254.

CONDITION

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LOT 0471

Phoenician Glass Eye Bead Fragments

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

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