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LOT 1811
Bronze Age Spiral Pendant Pair
LATE TUMULUS-EARLY URNFIELD PERIOD, CIRCA 1400-1200 B.C.
1 1/2 - 2 in. (16 grams total, 40-49 mm).
Two double spirals made of tightly wound round wire with a small loop in the middle for suspension. [No Reserve, 2]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s on the Swiss art market.
Swiss private collection Dr R.H. (1922-2007).
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. similar in the Harvard Art Museum under object no.1987.135.18.
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