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LOT 0505
Greek Gold and Bead Pendant with Dolphins
4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (1.66 grams, 20.64 mm).
Comprising a small ribbed hoop flanked by gold confronted dolphins above a collar with tubular carnelian bead above an annular carnelian bead, and with a pearl finial.
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, item 2334, for type.
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