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LOT 0875
Central Asian Bronze Pendant with Pierced Cross
CIRCA 2300-2000 B.C.
3 in. (114 grams, 78 mm).
Of heavy openwork construction, the central cross and annular frame with applied pellets; integral collared suspension loop.
ProvenanceEx S Collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s.
Studied by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s with reference no.Y-268.
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