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    Sale 1313

    ANCIENT JEWELRY

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    11 December 2003

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    • A ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS FACE BEAD
    Lot 419

    A ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS FACE BEAD

    POSSIBLY EGYPT, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

    Price realised

    USD 1,434

    Estimate

    USD 1,500 - USD 2,000

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    A ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS FACE BEAD
    Possibly Egypt, Circa 1st Century A.D.
    Disk-shaped, with a yellow face on a red ground, the details in black and white; mounted as a ring in a modern gold setting
    ¼ in. (0.6 cm.) high; ring size 6

    Provenance

    Japanese collection, acquired in the early 1980s.

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