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LOT 1279
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20TH CENTURY A.D.
17 1/8 in. (29.09 grams, 43.5 cm).
Composed of alternating tabular flower-shaped and grooved cylindrical beads interspersed with small glass oblate beads; restrung. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
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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