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LOT 0975
Sumerian Fish Amulet
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (0.87 grams, 28 mm).
A mother of pearl fish amulet, pierced eye also serving as a suspension loop. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1969-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
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