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LOT 1186
Western Asiatic Granulated Gold Beads
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/4 in. (3.19 grams total, 6-7 mm).
Comprising drum-shaped beads with median bands of small granules within outer bands of larger granules, filigree circlet to one end. [2]
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
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