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LOT 1635

Bronze Age Spectacle Pendant

16TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.

3 1/8 in. (30.7 grams, 79 mm).

Formed as two coils of round-section rod with a loop between.

Provenance

Formerly in a Munich, Germany collection, formed in the 1970s.
From a private UK collection.
From the Horton collection, UK.

CONDITION
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LOT 1635

Bronze Age Spectacle Pendant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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