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LOT 1137
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 7/8 in. (80 grams total, 2-21 mm).
Including annular, tabular, cylindrical and other beads in glass, shell, stone and ceramic. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collection, 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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