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LOT 2166
Buddhist Ceramic Prayer Bead String
20TH CENTURY A.D.
28 in. (20.4 grams, 71 cm long).
Restrung; composed of green-coloured beads of mainly spherical types. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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