A ROCK CRYSTAL GAMES PIECE

PROBABLY ABBASID, MESOPOTAMIA OR SYRIA, 9TH CENTURY

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A ROCK CRYSTAL GAMES PIECE
PROBABLY ABBASID, MESOPOTAMIA OR SYRIA, 9TH CENTURY
Of domed form with stepped pointed upper finial, drilled with a hole on the underside; and A WHEEL-CUT ROCK CRYSTAL BEAD, possibly of talismanic import, probably Abbasid, of rounded rectangular form, cut with simple linear decoration, slight surface abrasion
1.1/8in. (2.8cm.) and .15/16in. (2.3cm.) high (2)

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