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Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace String Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace String Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace String
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LOT 1225

Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace String

1ST MILLENNIUM A.D. AND LATER

17 1/2 in. (66 grams, 44.5 cm).

Composed of mainly spherical brown and blue glass beads, with melon-shaped silver beads between; the central element of iridescent spiral cylindrical glass bead with a leaf-shaped grooved amethyst pendant; restrung. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Previously acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.
Ex property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
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 1225

Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace String

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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