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LOT 2159

Tibetan Style Mixed Bead Necklace with Elaborate Pendant Drops

20TH CENTURY A.D.

24 3/8 in. (238 grams, 62 cm).

An elegantly composed designer necklace with turquoise, coral, glass and rock crystal beads, two vajra pendants above a rock crystal amulet with inlaid collars; central feature a tassel composed of bead drops suspended from an openwork metal dome. [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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LOT 2159

Tibetan Style Mixed Bead Necklace with Elaborate Pendant Drops

Sold for (Inc. bp): £247

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