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LOT 0348
Bronze Age Pair of Spiral Bracelets
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (221 grams total, 75 mm each).
Each formed of flat-section rod with raised median rib decorated with diagonally hatched bands and tapering finials; one bracelet with incised hatched decoration to the finials, the other with panels of incised herringbone decoration interspersed with panels of hatching. [2]
ProvenanceEx private collection, Walton on Thames, UK, 1970s.
From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.
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