PAIR OF MESOPOTAMIAN STONE AND LAPIS LAZULI EYES
Ca. 2200 - 1800 BC. A pair of eye inlays, each carved as an almond-shaped lapis lazuli frame fitted with an opaque white sclera centred by a dark circular inlay for the iris. Size: 42-43mm x 21-22mm; Weight: 15g Provenance: From a private British collection; ex I.H. collection, formed during the 1970s.
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Ca. 2200 - 1800 BC. A pair of eye inlays, each carved as an almond-shaped lapis lazuli frame fitted with an opaque white sclera centred by a dark circular inlay for the iris. Size: 42-43mm x 21-22mm; Weight: 15g Provenance: From a private British collection; ex I.H. collection, formed during the 1970s.