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LOT 1203

Western Asiatic and Other Green Glass Bead Necklace

20TH CENTURY A.D.

1 5/8 in. (36.3 grams, 43 cm).

A restrung designer necklace of fusiform, 'date', Venetian drawn glass rosetta beads, and other beads, some with longitudinal polychrome bands.

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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.

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LOT 1203

Western Asiatic and Other Green Glass Bead Necklace

Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)

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