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LOT 2116
Tibetan Agate Eye Bead Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 - 2 1/8 in. (72 grams total, 42-55 mm).
Unusual variations of Zi designs. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
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