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LOT 0102
Scythian Gold Clad Ribbed Torc with Decorated Terminals
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
11 in. (481 grams, 28 cm).
Round in section with ribbing, rectangular finials with billeting to the borders and edges, rows of impressed roundels.
ProvenanceSwiss private collection, 1987.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12389-226870.
See Hellmuth, A., Da Esti A Ovest: Le Tombe Principesche degli Sciti, in Bonora, G.L. and Marzatico, F., Ori dei Cavalieri delle Steppe, Milan, 2007, p.175, pl.13.
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LOT 0102
Scythian Gold Clad Ribbed Torc with Decorated Terminals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,000
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