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LOT 1044
Western Asiatic Gold Pendant with Beads
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (0.61 grams, 20 mm).
Polyhedral gold bead mounted on a wire shank with carnelin and blue glass beads.
Provenance
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
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