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LOT 1806
Bronze Age Spiral Pendant Pair
LATE TUMULUS-EARLY URNFIELD PERIOD, CIRCA 1400-1200 B.C.
1 3/4 in. (13 grams total, 46-47 mm).
Each formed as two spirals made of tightly wound round-section wire with a small loop in the middle for suspension. [2]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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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LOT 1806
Bronze Age Spiral Pendant Pair
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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European Bronze Age Shield Boss
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Of circular convex shape with a conical rivet through the centre, the underside of the rivet with a loop for attachment; a pelta-shaped openwork plaque suspended from the rivet. 65 grams, 12 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Bronze Age Awl and Other Tool Group
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising square-section single- and double-ended awls, and a scooped blade. 34 grams total, 35-54 mm
Found Essex, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Bronze Age Double Spiral Ring
Circa 1500-1100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Formed with two spirals of single wire with circular cross-section flanking a ring composed of several coils. 35.77 grams, 62.49 mm overall, 20.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)
Private collection K.T., London, acquired in the 1980s. English art market, 2018. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
