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LOT 2163
Tibetan Style Banded Agate and Glass Bead Necklace
20TH CENTURY A.D.
34 1/4 in. (260 grams, 92 cm).
Composed of graduated biconical beads showing attractive banding, five fusiform with etched zi-designs; restrung with a screw clasp. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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