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LOT 1517
Migration Period Gold Filigree Bracteate Pendant
6TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.19 grams, 19 mm).
The body decorated with an X-motif formed of gold granules within a filigree roundel, additional rings and crescents of small granules at the centre, applied suspension loop.
ProvenanceAcquired 1970-2010.
Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
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