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LOT 1213
Mixed Ancient Necklace Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 1/4 in. (58 grams total, 1-30 mm).
Comprising a quantity of beads in lapis lazuli, glass and faience, including some long tubular beads and a shell bead. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a bead collection formed in the 1990s.
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