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LOT 0656
Roman Blue Cut-Glass and Rock Crystal Bead Necklace
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
29 in. (89 grams, 74 cm long).
Restrung necklace of graduated blue glass polyhedral and fusiform beads, with possibly later interstitial biconvex and polyhedral rock crystal beads.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
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LOT 0656
Roman Blue Cut-Glass and Rock Crystal Bead Necklace
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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