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LOT 1981
Western Asiatic Style Mixed Agate Bead Necklace
20TH CENTURY A.D.
27 1/4 in. (166 grams, 69 cm).
Composed of cylindrical dark beads alternating with larger light-coloured agate and chalcedony beads; restrung. [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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