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LOT 0449

Romano-Egyptian Faience Melon Bead Collection

2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

1/4 - 3/4 in. (42 grams total, 8-18 mm).

Comprising thirty green and blue beads in various sizes. [30, No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex H. Norry collection, Milton Keynes, UK, 1980s-1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Berlev, O. and Hodjash, S., Catalogue of Monuments of Ancient Egypt: From the Museums of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Bielorussia, Caucasus, Middle Asia and the Baltic States, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 17, Fribourg/Göttingen, 1998, pl. 196, XVII. 265-361, for comparable examples.

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LOT 0449

Romano-Egyptian Faience Melon Bead Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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