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LOT 580

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,150

HUNGARIAN BRONZE AGE - BELT OF NINETY LINKS
(99cm.).

Circa 1,200-900 BC. An important and very rare Bronze Age Hungarian bronze belt composed of ninety cast ornamental bar links plus two cast end fittings with incised ornament; originally linked by four cords threaded through the holes on the reverse of each bar.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Continental collection.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Rossini, 17th November 2009, lot 7 (for a very similar but shorter example).

CONDITION