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LOT 2090
Banded Agate and Glass Bead Necklace
20TH CENTURY A.D.
39 in. (193 grams, 99 cm).
Composed of large biconical banded beads alternating with etched beads; restrung with a hook-and-loop closure. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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