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LOT 1603

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430

WESTERN ASIATIC DECORATED BRONZE PECTORAL COLLAR
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
13 5/8 in. (638 grams, 34.5 cm).

Broad sheet-bronze halter-shaped collar with dentilled outer edge, in two offset overlapped layers; bands of repoussé domed pellets to the outer and inner edges, rectangular cells to accept glass or organic inserts, two clusters of circular cells surrounding rectangular ones; the surface with dense hatching and reserved tendril and leaf motifs; attachment loops to reverse.

PROVENANCE:
German art market.
European private collection, 1970s-early 2000s.
Acquired from the above; thence by descent.
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.12282-221445.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION
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