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LOT 1843
Phoenician Style Glass Bead and Pendant Necklace
20TH CENTURY A.D.
11 in. (121 grams, 28 cm).
Including tubular and spherical beads, claw-shaped pendants and a mask with applied detailing. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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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