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Pre Columbian Jadeite and Gold Bead Necklace Pre Columbian Jadeite and Gold Bead Necklace Pre Columbian Jadeite and Gold Bead Necklace
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LOT 2228

Pre Columbian Jadeite and Gold Bead Necklace

EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

25 1/4 in. (52 grams, 64 cm).

Restrung group of oblate, polyhedral and other beads with interstitial spacer beads and hollow sheet-gold fusiform beads; centrepiece an anthropomorphic pendant. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s.
From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent.
From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 2228

Pre Columbian Jadeite and Gold Bead Necklace

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

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