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LOT 1895
Facetted Stone Bead Necklace String
20TH CENTURY A.D.
16 in. (138 grams, 40.5 cm long).
Composed of spherical, facetted beads, mostly dark red but with some colour variation in a variety of colours, including a few banded and veined stones; restrung for display. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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