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LOT 0569

Roman 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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0569

Roman Millefiori Glass Bead

Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)

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