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Sotheby’s To Auction Historic Spectacles With Diamond And Emerald Lenses

Sept. 27, 2021, 6:25 p.m.

(Forbes) Amidst the splendor of 17th-century India, one anonymous ruler was so enamored with jewelry that he commissioned two pairs of spectacles with gemstone lenses, allowing him to literally look through slices of diamonds and emeralds.

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