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LOT 1817
Stone Weight Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1 - 1 5/8 in. (76 grams total, 26-42 mm).
Composed of spherical, coin-shaped and tubular weights, together with examples of hexagonal and octagonal cross-section; carved using a veined stone. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Simmons Gallery, London E11, UK, in the 1990s.
From a North London collection.
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