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Bezoar with leather case, 18th century
Box dimensions: 4 x 8 cm. Bezoar dimensions: 3 x 6 cm. Total weight with box: 202 g.
preserved in a leather-covered case. Bezoars are calcareous concretions found in the stomachs of animals, especially ruminants, and have been believed since the Middle Ages to possess antidotal powers against poisons and diseases. Regarded as precious and protective objects, they were often kept in special cases.
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CURIOSITIES FROM EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL ART SILVERS, IVORIES, CORALS, ICONS AND WUNDERKAMMER
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