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LOT 1499
Post Medieval Double Phallic Amulet
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1 3/4 in. (10 grams, 44 mm).
A stone amulet formed as a double phallus with stylised detailing. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Important North West London collection.
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