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LOT 2042
Stone and Other Amulet Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 3/4 in. (75 grams total, 26-50 mm).
Including a carnelian anthropomorphic bead, carved elephant, bone female head and other items. [7, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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