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LOT 1341
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Gemstone
9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (1.08 grams, 14 mm).
Plano-convex cabochon with engraved Kufic legend to the domed face; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
Acquired in 1994.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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