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LOT 2200
Indian Glass Trade Bead Necklace
20TH CENTURY A.D.
30 in. (137 grams, 76 cm long).
Composed of graduated glass beads of various types, all with polychrome motifs, interspersed with gold-coloured spacer beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
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