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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]

Provenance

From 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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LOT 1338

Mixed Glass and Stone Bead Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13

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