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LOT 1338
Mixed Glass and Stone Bead Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
3/8 - 1 5/8 in. (99 grams total, 10-42 mm).
Including a tubular mosaic glass type, fusiform banded agate type, polyhedral lapis lazuli type, carnelian drum-shaped type and other beads. [45, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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