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LOT 0531

Egyptian Bead Collection

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

5/64 in. (19 grams total, beads: 2 mm).

Textile fragment with annular beads of varying colours. [No Reserve]

Provenance

with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.

CONDITION
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LOT 0531

Egyptian Bead Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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