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LOT 1683
Bronze Age Ring with Scrolled Terminals
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (1.57 grams, 19.40 mm overall, 17.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
Comprising a flat-section penannular hoop with scrolled finials. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
See Politikens Forlag, Jeg ser på oldsager (I look at antiquities), Kopenhagen, 1966, no.317, for the type and shape.
FootnotesSuch rings, made of a twisted bar with smooth or spiral-shaped ends, are quite rare and are typically found in men’s graves. They may have been a sign of chieftainship. However, the small dimensions of the ring may suggest that the ring once belonged to an aristocratic child.
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