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Tibetan Glass Prayer Bead Necklace with Jade Buddha Pendant Tibetan Glass Prayer Bead Necklace with Jade Buddha Pendant Tibetan Glass Prayer Bead Necklace with Jade Buddha Pendant
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LOT 1995

Tibetan Glass Prayer Bead Necklace with Jade Buddha Pendant

20TH CENTURY A.D.

30 4/5 in. (143 grams, 78 cm).

Restrung group of spherical coral-coloured beads with a figural pendant modelled in the half-round. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection, UK.

CONDITION
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LOT 1995

Tibetan Glass Prayer Bead Necklace with Jade Buddha Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

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