Lot 1004
Late Bronze Age Allendorf-type armring with incised decoration on the outside, 13th century B.C.
Works of Art, Antiquities & Ancient Art | A109kua | Live auction | 1190 Lots
Description
Late Bronze Age armring of rank Bronze Age D, Allendorf type, with open ends, the ends of the ring thickened on the outside to form a characteristic rib. The inside minimally domed, the outside ridge-shaped but with a soft break. Soft break also on the lateral edges. At the centre of the front face, maximum diameter of 1.4 cm, reducing to 6 mm towards the ends. The outside fully covered with incised decoration. Between bundles of transverse parallel lines, metopes with staggered, sickle-shaped incised lines running in arcs inward from the edges. In the two long metopes flanking the short central metope, elongated, almond-shaped incisions bordered on the outside by rows of dots. Dark green Patina with partially slight surface corrosion. Otherwise intact. Fine example of a typical representative of late Bronze Age ring jewellery (phase Wölfersheim in the Rhine-Main region or Riegsee group in South Germany). Maximum diameter 6.6 cm. CULTURAL ASSET!Provenance: A private collection from northern Germany, acquired on the Southern German art market in the 1990s.
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