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LOT 1347
Western Asiatic Decorated Black Stone Spindle Whorl
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/4 in. (29.4 grams, 47 mm).
Formed as a low domed disc, the upper face with engraved linear decoration and groups of ring-and-dot motifs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection of a Devonshire, UK, gentleman established from the mid 1990s.
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