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LOT 0966
Roman Chequerboard Millefiori Glass Bead
ISRAEL, 1ST CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (5.92 grams, 17 mm).
Spherical in profile with median horizontal band of chequerboard millefiori pattern.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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