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LOT 0859
Western Asiatic Stone Bead Necklace
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
22 7/8 in. (14.5 grams, 58 cm long).
Composed mainly of restrung with a central cylindrical agate bead with later cream-coloured shell(?) Heidhi style beads punctuated by clusters of black beads. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
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