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LOT 2140
Tibetan Banded Agate Bead Necklace with Glass Eye Beads
20TH CENTURY A.D.
35 1/2 in. (318 grams, 90 cm long).
Composed of graduated banded agate beads interspersed with spacer beads of different types, including agate spheres, sheet-metal bulbs embossed with floral motifs and glass eye beads; large central agate pendant bead inlayed with multiple eye motifs; hook-and-eye clasp. [No Reserve]
Provenance
London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
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LOT 2140
Tibetan Banded Agate Bead Necklace with Glass Eye Beads
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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