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LOT 0566
Gold Pendant Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 2 in. (5.74 grams total, 17-52 mm).
Comprising two Hellenistic or Mesopotamian ribbed tubular beads and a larger bead with hatched sides, ribbed bulb to each end. [3]
Provenance
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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