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Western Asiatic Amber-Coloured Prayer Beads Western Asiatic Amber-Coloured Prayer Beads Western Asiatic Amber-Coloured Prayer Beads
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LOT 1419

Western Asiatic Amber-Coloured Prayer Beads

20TH CENTURY A.D.

22 7/8 in. (54 grams, 58 cm).

Composed of forty-one spherical beads with two oblate beads, and a large minaret bead with two tassels to the bottom. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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LOT 1419

Western Asiatic Amber-Coloured Prayer Beads

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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