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LOT 1677
European Bronze Age Ring with Double Scroll Design
CIRCA 1200 B.C.
1 in. (4.87 grams, 25.61mm overall, 22.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).
Wide hoop and a large bezel formed of four tightly wound spirals with applied pellets. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. similar ring in Ward, A., Cherry, J., Gere, C., Cartlidge, B., Rings through the Ages, Fribourg, 1981, p.40, no.72.
Footnotes
The spiral motif was one of the most enduring and ancient motifs of jewellery. It was very popular with the people of the Bronze Age Mediterranean, but especially in Central Europe. It was seen as a symbol of life and death, day and night, rebirth and eternity. Obviously, the double spiral, like in our case, was also used as a decorative motif.
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