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LOT 1405
Cypriot Type Gold Flower Bead
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3/8 in. (0.72 grams, 10 mm).
Formed of three domed layers of petals with applied filigree edges, small pellet to the centre, loop to the reverse; not found in Cyprus.
Provenance
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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