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LOT 0369
Bronze Age Twisted Torc
EUROPE, CIRCA 1400 B.C.
6 1/2 in. (7 1/4 in.) (61 grams, 16.6 cm (201 grams total,18.5 cm high including stand)).
Tapering to each end, round in section with twisted detailing; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenancewith ArtAncient Ltd, 2014.
Private collection, London.
Cf. similar in the British Museum, London, under accession number 1984,0704.1.
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