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LOT 1663
Large Bronze Age Bracelet Pair
CENTRAL EUROPE, 10TH-8TH CENTURY B.C
2 - 2 1/8 in. (70 grams total, 52-56 mm).
Each a penannular band with coiled finials, median rib to the lentoid plaque. [2]
ProvenancePrivate European collection, 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Bronze Age Socketted Axehead
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Opening Bid: £300
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Bronze Age Ceremonial Penannular Arm-Ring Pair
Central Europe, 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
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Acquired in Europe before 1992. Ex Swiss collection. -
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Circa 8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Comprising of leech-shaped bow, body decorated with transverse bands of diagonal hatched lines and three lines to slightly raised ends, flat rectangular catch-plate; tapering round-section pin. 211 grams, 12 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
