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LOT 1270
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20TH CENTURY A.D.
16 1/8 in. (33 grams, 41 cm).
Composed of cornerless cube-shaped beads with incised ring-and-dot decoration, interspersed with small annular glass beads; restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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