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Hôtel des Ventes de Clermont-Ferrand
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‘Agadez, Agadès or Southern Cross’ pendant brooch, filigree-…
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293
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‘Agadez, Agadès or Southern Cross’ pendant brooch, filigree-…
See original version (French)
Estimate €550 - €650
Mixed sale
Description
‘Agadez, Agadès or Southern Cross’ pendant brooch, filigree-worked in yellow gold (750 parts per thousand). Eagle’s head hallmark.
Dimensions: 57 x 43 mm.
Distorted and partially bent.
Weight: 7.9 g
This Berber piece of jewellery is said to have multiple meanings: a symbol of fertility, of love represented by the ‘+’ and the ‘o’, or a guide to the position of the stars for the Tuareg in the Sahara Desert, etc.
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