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LOT 0307
Bronze Age Heavy Gold Spiral Hair Ring
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (7.45 grams, 15 mm).
A round-section rod coiled and partly flattened to form a hair ornament.
Provenance
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
Literature
See Taylor, J.T., Bronze Age Goldwork of the British Isles, Cambridge, 1980, for discussion.
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