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LOT 2196
Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
30 in. (11.5 grams, 76 cm long).
Restrung; composed of translucent blue glass beads formed of reused glass bangle fragments, interspersed with umber-coloured spacer beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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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