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LOT 2480
Pre-Columbian Gold Frog Amulet
9TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 in. (5.75 grams, 27 mm).
Tumbaga (gold-copper-alloy) amuletic pendant with applied filigree and ropework bands, hollow to reverse with ribbed suspension loop; Tairona workmanship.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Mrs Davenport, Cambridgeshire, UK, from the past 30 years.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
See Mitchell, J., The Art of Pre Columbian Gold, Weidelson and Nicolson, London, 1985, p.43, for a range of frogs crafted in Panama.
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