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LOT 1198
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Necklace Bead Collection
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
3/8 - 1 1/2 in. (149 grams total, 11-39 mm).
Comprising eighteen banded agate beads of mixed size and form, with sixteen mixed beads in other stones; all pierced for stringing. [34]
Provenance
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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