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LOT 0800
Byzantine Gold Openwork Pendant
CIRCA 12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.25 grams, 18 mm).
A capsule-shaped openwork gold pendant decorated with vertical columns of filigree figures of eight between beaded tracks, domed cap to each terminal formed as four-petalled flowers with central pellet; two ribbed suspension loops with apex granules.
ProvenanceAcquired 1969-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
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