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LOT 1581
Bronze Age Bull's Head Necklace
10TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
14 in. (250 grams, 35.5 cm).
Restrung necklace of tubular beads, some corrugated and others with two loops to the underside, each loop with a flared dangle; interstitial biconvex barrel-shaped beads and sturdy zoomorphic type with ropework detailing to the tube and bull-head below with openwork muzzle; pierced domed disc at each end. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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