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Western Asiatic Gold Filigree Bead Western Asiatic Gold Filigree Bead Western Asiatic Gold Filigree Bead
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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.

CONDITION
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LOT 0966

Western Asiatic Gold Filigree Bead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

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