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LOT 1644
Bronze Age Openwork Strap Boss
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (10.18 grams, 32 mm).
With six circular voids to the flange rim, looped slider to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Opening Bid: £100
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Acquired on the German art market, 2000. Private collection, Europe. -
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Britain, 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Hollow-formed and rectangular in section with rim to the mouth, tapering faces with three raised ribs, flared blade and low integral loop. 295 grams, 97 mm
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