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LOT 1231
Western Asiatic Gold Zoomorphic Bead
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
1/2 in. (2.85 grams, 14 mm).
Formed as a standing dog with collar to the neck, pierced longitudinally for mounting on a necklace.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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