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LOT 1541
Bronze Age Decorated Bracelet
8TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/4 in. (95 grams, 71 mm).
A superb example with round-section shank tapering to each end, incised segmented hatching. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate Bristol, UK, collection, since the 1990s.
Ex property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
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