AN EXTENSIVE MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF BEADS, MOSTLY HIMALAYAS AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY AND LATER, most of pierced spherical form,posed of terracotta, coloured glass, agate, coral, lapis lazuli, silver, seed pearl, carnelian, the smallest: 2mm, the largest: 48mm, average size: 7mm, (more than 1000) Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.