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LOT 1868

Western Asiatic Style Agate Bead and Mount Group

20TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 - 1 3/8 in. (133 grams total, 22-36 mm).

Comprising: seven keeled lentoid-shaped beads pierced through the underside; three domed with triple piercings on the underside; one flat biconical bead; one rectangular flat bead; one keeled tongue-shaped bead, pierced through each corner on the underside; some with remains of metal wire within the piercings. [13, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1868

Western Asiatic Style Agate Bead and Mount Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £364

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