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LOT 0034
Mycenaean Gold Roundel Pendant
1350-1200 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (1.04 grams, 30 mm).
Produced using repoussé technique, circular in shape with a design of scroll motifs to the outer edge; to the centre a roundel with ropework outline within a roundel of raised dots; applied gold loop for suspension.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990's; cat.1704.
From an important Mayfair, London, UK collection.
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