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Lot 135*

A Roman banded glass bead necklace

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £875 inc. premium

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A Roman banded glass bead necklace
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Composed of three larger square cylindrical beads interspersed with small square cylinder beads, the larger elements flanked by gold cross-shaped beads, re-strung, 62cm long

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Provenance:
Private collection, New York, acquired in the 1960s in Lebanon; and thence by descent to the present owner.

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