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LOT 1042
Western Asiatic Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
23 5/8 in. (20 grams, 60 cm long).
Composed mainly of oblate beads interspersed with larger blue oblate beads, restrung and including some trade-wind beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
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