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LOT 1800
Tibetan Style Giant Carnelian Necklace Bead Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 - 2 1/4 in. (87 grams total, 42-56 mm).
One green-coloured cylindrical bead, a slightly smaller cylindrical bead of banded agate, and a truncated biconical bead with mottled patch, asymmetrical and likely reworked. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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