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LOT 0305
Large European Bronze Age Gold Ribbed Bangle
2500-800 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (70 grams total, 9.6 cm).
Sheet gold tubular cuff with balustered profile and beaded detailing to the interstitial rings, reeding to the edges, slightly fragmentary.
ProvenanceFrom a collection of jewellery formed by a gentleman collector, deceased 1970s.
Latterly in the J L Surey collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12133-217906.
Cf. similar but less decorated example in the British Museum under accession no. 1867,0508.476.
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