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LOT 0975
Western Asiatic Glass and Stone Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/4 - 7/8 in. (17.8 grams total, 8-23 mm).
Comprising: two large lozenge-shaped carnelian beads; a cylindrical lapis lazuli bead; a later oblate agate bead; two roughly oblate carnelian beads; a teardrop-shaped unpierced amber specimen; and three later oblate beads in blue glass. [10, No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection formed 1970s-1990s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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