A BACTRIAN GOLD AND TURQUOISE INLAID BRACELET, comprising gold 'v'-shaped granulated segments alternating with inlaid semi-precious stone rhomboids, filled with turquoise and lapis lazuli (some missing), the reverse with triple thin tubes for attachment, heart-shaped clasps probably modern, late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.

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A BACTRIAN GOLD AND TURQUOISE INLAID BRACELET, comprising gold 'v'-shaped granulated segments alternating with inlaid semi-precious stone rhomboids, filled with turquoise and lapis lazuli (some missing), the reverse with triple thin tubes for attachment, heart-shaped clasps probably modern, late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.
6¼in. (16cm.) long

Lot Essay

Cf. Hamburg, Der Garten in Eden, 1979, no. 132, Kassite 15th-12th Century B.C.

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