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Western Asiatic Style Silver Inlaid Bronze Bifacial Calligraphic Pendant Western Asiatic Style Silver Inlaid Bronze Bifacial Calligraphic Pendant Western Asiatic Style Silver Inlaid Bronze Bifacial Calligraphic Pendant Western Asiatic Style Silver Inlaid Bronze Bifacial Calligraphic Pendant Western Asiatic Style Silver Inlaid Bronze Bifacial Calligraphic Pendant Western Asiatic Style Silver Inlaid Bronze Bifacial Calligraphic Pendant
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LOT 1873

Western Asiatic Style Silver Inlaid Bronze Bifacial Calligraphic Pendant

20TH CENTURY A.D.

4 1/4 in. (304 grams, 10.7 cm).

An axe-shaped pendant with dense field of calligraphic decoration to one side, reverse with two medallions, each with a leaping feline facing back. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1873

Western Asiatic Style Silver Inlaid Bronze Bifacial Calligraphic Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £494

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