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LOT 1797
Tudor Period Silver Bifacial Pendant
16TH-17TH A.D.
1 in. (10.4 grams, 27 mm).
Comprising a D-shaped plaque and transverse bar above; obverse with figure reclining beneath a tree; reverse with opposed figures in a landscape; barrel-shape bar above with median band, male masks and foliage.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the early 1990s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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