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LOT 1672
Bronze Age Coiled Snake Bracelet Pair
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 in. (216 grams total, 64 mm each).
Each a carinated D-section band in coils with tapering snake-head finial. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
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