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LOT 1605
Sino-Tibetan Lapis Lazuli Necklace
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
23 7/8 in. (201 grams, 60.5 cm).
A substantial necklace composed of multiple strands of lapis lazuli beads, tapering round-section arms decorated with dragons amidst swirling clouds between coral and turquoise collars, larger lapis lazuli beads interspersed with white metal beaded spacer beads; Himalayan region.
Provenance
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
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