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LOT 1770
Phoenician Style Glass Bead and Pendant Necklace
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 5/8 in. (80.5 grams, 22 cm long).
Mixed group including tubular and spherical beads, claw-shaped pendants and a mask with applied detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old English deceased estate.
Acquired on the London art market in the early 1990s.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
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In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia who was known for his beauty. He was proud, in that he disdained those who loved him, causing some to commit suicide in order to prove their unrelenting devotion to his striking beauty.
