European Bronze Age Gold Twisted Torc

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

4 3/4 in. (10.24 grams, 12 cm).

A penannular neck-ring with clubbed finials, the shank twisted about its own axis.

Provenance

Acquired continental Europe.
Ex Clements collection, by descent 2004.
Ex TimeLine Auctions, 9 September 2015, lot 769.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. twisted gold neck-rings in Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, items 466-469.

CONDITION

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