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LOT 0290

Bactrian Agate and Gold Bead Necklace

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER

28 3/4 in. (112 grams, 73 cm long).

A restrung designer necklace with graduated group of fusiform banded agate beads with later gold end-caps and flat bead centrepiece.

Provenance

with a London, UK, gallery, 1971.

CONDITION

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LOT 0290

Bactrian Agate and Gold Bead Necklace

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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