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LOT 1310
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20TH CENTURY A.D.
18 7/8 in. (39 grams, 48 cm).
Composed of coin-shaped beads interspersed with small tubular 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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