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Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace
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LOT 1431

Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace

1ST MILLENNIUM A.D. AND LATER

22 5/8 in. (94 grams, 57.5 cm).

Restrung, composed of brown oblate glass beads with silver melon beads between; garnet and blue glass spool-shaped bead finials. [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 1431

Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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