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LOT 1224
Western Asiatic Stone Weight Collection
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 - 4 in. (184 grams total, 4-10.3 cm).
Comprising: two baguette-shaped stone bars, a D-section scaphoid haematite bar, a columnar stone bar with rounded ends, one pierced for suspension. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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