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LOT 1636
Bronze Age Gold Hair Ring
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/8 in. (1.6 grams, 11mm).
Formed as a round-section tapering rod with the ends flattened.
ProvenanceEx property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s.
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European Bronze Age Shield Boss
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Of circular convex shape with a conical rivet through the centre, the underside of the rivet with a loop for attachment; a pelta-shaped openwork plaque suspended from the rivet. 65 grams, 12 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card. -
Bronze Age Bracelet Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a D-section bar bent into a small bracelet and a round-section rod tapering to each end and bent into a spiral. 51 grams total, 43-58 mm
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Bronze Age Double Spiral Ring
Central Europe, circa 11th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Formed from a single length of rod; median hoop of four coils developing at each end to a perpendicular coiled plaque. 28.29 grams, 67.66 mm overall, 19.54 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.