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LOT 1816
Western Asiatic Style Millefiori Glass Bead Necklace
20TH CENTURY A.D.
23 1/4 in. (139 grams, 59 cm).
Composed of spherical mosaic glass beads interspersed with small light blue beads, two pairs of biconical blue beads at the ends; restrung with loop-and-bead closure; likely Indonesian. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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