Sale 9826
New York
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5 December 2001
Price realised
USD 822
Estimate
A BACTRIAN CARNELIAN BEAD NECKLACE Circa 3rd-2nd Millennium B.C. Composed of one-hundred-sixty carnelian beads, graduated in size, primarily biconical in form, perforated transversely, with two beads as the central pendant 20½ in. (52 cm) long
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