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LOT 1779
Bronze Age Decorated Bar Neck Torc
CENTRAL EUROPE, 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 in. (110 grams, 18 cm).
Round in section tapering to each end with hook finials, band of notching to the inner face.
ProvenanceEx German collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. twisted gold neck-rings in Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, items 466-469.
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