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LOT 0355

Extremely Large Bronze Age Pin with Knop Finial

CENTRAL EUROPE, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.

33 in. (205 grams, 83 cm).

Round-section shank with bulb to the upper end with incised chevrons and ribbing, narrow neck, biconvex knop finial with median hatched band.

Provenance

Acquired on the Austrian art market, 2000.
European private collection.

Literature

Cf. Woodward, A. & Hunter, J., Ritual in early Bronze Age Grave Goods, Oxford, 2015, item 1158, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0355

Extremely Large Bronze Age Pin with Knop Finial

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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