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LOT 2118
Tibetan and Other Glass Bead Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 3 in. (90 grams total, 26-76 mm).
Including a glass fusiform bead with dragged trail detailing and seven tzi beads. [8, No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, UK.
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