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LOT 0889
Western Asiatic Banded Yellow Agate Pendant Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 - 2 3/4 in. (127 grams total, 54-71 mm).
Each polished and pierced for suspension; including two flat-section, cartouche-shaped pendant plaques and three octagonal-section bars with conical terminals. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
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