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LOT 1149
Achaemenid Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
15 in. (5.55 grams, 38 cm).
Composed of mainly oblate and annular beads with larger beads as a central feature; restrung. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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