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LOT 0826
Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Glass Bead Necklace
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
26 in. (60 grams, 66 cm long).
Composed of restrung squarish lapis beads, small carnelian rounds and oblates and some glass and other bead types. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
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