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Near Eastern Shell and Gold Beads with a Pomegranate Pendant

strung as a necklace with an 18-karat gold S-hook clasp

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Late 3rd - early 2nd Millennia BC

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#5635

ex: private American collection, 1970’s

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Comparandum: Liu, Robert ; A Universal Aesthetic. Collectible Beads (Vista, 1995) Dubin, Lois Sherr ; The History of Beads (New York, 1987)

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