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LOT 1970
Migration Period Style Silver Pendant
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (12.3 grams, 48 mm).
Lunate with trefoil terminals, punch decorated with quatrefoils, lozenges, crescents and dot-in-ring ornament; pierced for suspension. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
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