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Lot 71

A Greek bone, gold and carnelian pin finial

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,500

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A Greek bone, gold and carnelian pin finial
Geometric Period, circa 8th-7th Century B.C.
Re-composed with a domed bone finial decorated with an incised geometric band of birds, secured above with a small gold plug terminal, a long cylindrical carnelian tubular bead beneath with a small discoid gold bead ornamented with granulation at the base, all set on a later slender gold pin, with spiralled gold wire, 10cm long

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Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10-11 July 1974, lot 249.
Private collection, Netherlands, acquired at the above sale.

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