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LOT 2129
Tibetan Banded Agate Bead Necklace String
20TH CENTURY A.D.
21 1/4 in. (127 grams, 54 cm long).
Designer necklace composed of large irregular round agate beads and fusiform banded agate beads. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s onwards.
Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
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