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191 - Gold pendants and beads. Mesopotamia, ca. 1800–1600 B.C. 37.93 g, diameter of the discs 3.2–6.2 cm. 34 spherical, hollow gold beads with gold-wire bridges at the openings. Five disc-shaped pendants made of embossed gold foil with a wide suspension loop, as well as one disc made of embossed gold foil. Gold! Strung in a modern manner; one disc stabilized along the edge with adhesive; one bead has split open; some beads have small imperfections; one disc has a small crack in the center. Provenance: Formerly in the N.W. Collection, Munich; acquired by inheritance before 1970. Cf. Metropolitan Museum, New York, Accession Number 47.1a-h (Fletcher Fund, 1947). See also K.R. Maxwell-Hyslop, *Western Asiatic Jewellery c. 3000–612 B.C.* (1971), p. 88.
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Gold pendants and beads. Mesopotamia, ca. 1800–1600 B.C. 37.93 g, diameter of the discs 3.2–6.2 cm. 34 spherical, hollow gold beads with gold-wire bridges at the openings. Five disc-shaped pendants made of embossed gold foil with a wide suspension loop, as well as one disc made of embossed gold foil. Gold! Strung in a modern manner; one disc stabilized along the edge with adhesive; one bead has split open; some beads have small imperfections; one disc has a small crack in the center. Provenance: Formerly in the N.W. Collection, Munich; acquired by inheritance before 1970. Cf. Metropolitan Museum, New York, Accession Number 47.1a-h (Fletcher Fund, 1947). See also K.R. Maxwell-Hyslop, *Western Asiatic Jewellery c. 3000–612 B.C.* (1971), p. 88.
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Auction 322: Ancient Art (Live Auction, Lots 1–407)Auction house
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