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LOT 0551
Phrygian Bronze Bow Brooch
IRON AGE, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
1 3/8 in. (9.29 grams, 35.7 mm).
With crescentic body decorated with raised bosses, a curved catch to one arm and remains of a coiled spring to the other. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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