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LOT 0966
Western Asiatic Gold Filigree Bead
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 in. (0.82 grams, 10 mm).
An ovoid gold bead with filigree gold wire to the equator, five piercings to each hemisphere, each enclosed by concentric gold wire circlets, repeated at both terminals; hollow-formed. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1969-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
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