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LOT 1365
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 Indian glass beads with silver melon beads between; garnet and blue glass spool-shaped bead finials. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.
Ex property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Ex property of a Californian, USA, collector.
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