Bidspirit auction | Mesopotamian Gold 'Butterfly' Bead

Mesopotamian Gold 'Butterfly' Bead - 4th-3rd millennium B.C. Flat bead formed from two sheets of gold, discoid with a trapezoidal spur to each end. 3.01 grams, 35 mm (1 3/8 in.). From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.