Sale 8550
New York, Park Avenue
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27 November 1996
Price realised
USD 575
Estimate
A VERAGUAS GOLD FROG PENDANT CIRCA 800-1500 A.D. The bent hind legs with large rectangular feet, small spherical eyes, the forelegs cast as suspension loops, on modern chain 1½in. (4cm.) long
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