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LOT 1517
Bronze Age Belt Element Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 in. (102 grams total, 23 cm long).
Comprising: twenty-seven tongue-shaped plaques with knop finial, two attachment loops to the reverse; six smaller mounts with ribbed bodies and bulbous finials, two attachment loops to the reverse; re-threaded to a string. [33, No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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