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LOT 1999
Gold Lion Earring Pair
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1 3/8 in. (9.06 grams total, 35 mm each).
Each composed of an oblong base adorned with filigree and granules, a couchant lion modelled in the round on top, ear hook with decoratively twisted lower body. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
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