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LOT 1025

Byzantine Gold Filigree Heart-Shaped Pendant

5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (2.92 grams, 24 mm).

Hollow with three filigree circles to the underside each with scrolled filigree fill, pierced sidewall, three openwork filigree domes to the obverse with granules and a tubular cell to the apex of the lower one.

Provenance

Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s.

CONDITION

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LOT 1025

Byzantine Gold Filigree Heart-Shaped Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £598

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