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LOT 1173
Mixed Ancient Necklace Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 in. (78 grams total, 2-27 mm).
Comprising variously shaped beads in lapis lazuli, glass and faience, including some large tabular and amuletic beads. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a bead collection formed in the 1990s.
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