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LOT 0439
Sumba Gilt Necklace
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
30 1/8 in. (91 grams total, 76.5 cm long).
A lightly gilded necklace composed of a trichinopoly chain and large bifacial terminals, possibly representing budding flowers, adorned with filigree granules and spirals with openwork spirals between the bifurcated arms.
Provenance
Acquired from Artemis Antiquities, Colorado, USA.
Important North West London collection.
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