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LOT 1840
Lapis Lazuli Necklace Bead Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1/8 in. (75 grams total, 3 mm each).
Comprising hundreds of small cylindrical beads; each pierced longitudinally for stringing. [No Reserve]
Provenance
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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