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LOT 1119
Western Asiatic and Other Mixed Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 1/8 in. (154 grams total, 1-29 mm).
Including tabular, tubular, annular, oblate and other beads in glass, agate, lapis lazuli and other materials. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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