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Back to previous pageLATE 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]
PROVENANCE:
UK 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.
LITERATURE:
Cf. similar in the Harvard Art Museum under object no.1987.135.18.
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