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LOT 1910
Western Asiatic Style Banded Agate Fertility Idol
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (69 grams, 79 mm).
Carved in the round pregnant female amulet with ursine head; attachment point at rear of neck. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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