Sale 7017
London
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26 - 27 October 2004
Price realised
GBP 1,076
Estimate
AN EGYPTIAN LAPIS LAZULI BARREL-SHAPED BEAD OF A MOTHER MONKEY AND BABY OLD KINGDOM, DYNASTY VI (2323-2150 B.C.) The squatting female monkey holding her infant to her chest, pierced longitudinally and horizontally ½ in. (1.2 cm. high)
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PUBLISHED: Animals, 2004, VI, no. 19.
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