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LOT 1300
Western Asiatic Agate Bovine Amulet
4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 in. (8.87 grams, 35 mm).
Carved as a recumbent bovine with drilled eye, pierced through the upper edge; concave reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection of a Devonshire, UK, gentleman established from the mid 1990s.
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