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LOT 1227
Glass Bead Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (246 grams total, 22 mm each).
Comprising twenty large crimson-coloured barrel-shaped beads. [20, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex collection of a late London gentleman, 1970-1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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