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LOT 0466
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace Group
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
29 3/8 - 37 3/8 in. (23 grams total, 72-95 cm long).
Comprising four necklace strings with tubular and annular beads. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old English deceased estate.
Acquired on the London art market in the early 1990s.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
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