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LOT 2032

Tibetan Style Rock Crystal Bead Necklace with Glass Phallic Pendants

20TH CENTURY A.D.

19 1/2 in. (274 grams, 49.5 cm).

Composed of fluted oval beads with five large phallic pendants; restrung with a bead-and-loop closure. [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 2032

Tibetan Style Rock Crystal Bead Necklace with Glass Phallic Pendants

Sold for (Inc. bp): £247

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