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LOT 0855
Western Asiatic Gold Leech Earring
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (5.03 grams, 30 mm).
Composed of a hollow-formed c-shaped body with six rows of conical bosses and four filigree ropework bands. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Part of a collection acquired around 1900; and thence by decent 1940s.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 1984.175.43a,b., for similar.
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