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LOT 1984
Burmese Stone Elephant Bead Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
1/2 - 3/4 in. (16.3 grams total, 12-20 mm).
Standing Puy-style elephants modelled in the round in various stones. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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