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LOT 0292
Assyrian Gold Earrings with Bosses
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (17.48 grams total, 26-27 mm).
Each a hoop extending between two conical wound-wire bosses above a cluster of granules, carinated shank below with third cluster beneath; one loop replaced. [2]
Provenance
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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