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LOT 0958
Byzantine Bronze Pendant Chain Necklace
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
13 in. (17.2 grams, 33 cm long).
Length of chain with pendant discs, each a plain roundel with small cruciform void to the lower edge.
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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