Lot 1057
Nine prehistoric and protohistoric artifacts, mostly from Southeast Europe, dating from the 10th to the 4th centuries B.C.
Works of Art, Antiquities & Ancient Art | A109kua | Live auction | 1190 Lots
Description
1) Bronze spiral tube, 10th – 9th century B.C. Length 6 cm. 2) A thick-shafted hair ring of silver, formed into a double twisted spiral. Diameter 2 cm. Weight 22 g. 3) Thick-shafted bronze spiral, double twisted. 7th century B.C. Diameter 5.2 cm. 4–6) Three parts of an Early Iron Age belt set. 6th century B.C. Open-work bronze plaques, on the front four lozenges between two bands with ring-and-dot motifs. One piece with a clasp element at the front with a ring on a triangular range, the surface decorated with ring-and-dot motifs. The ring broken out. The smaller elements each 4.6 cm x 4.9 cm. The larger element 5.8 cm x 10.9 cm. 7) Disc-shaped belt strap distributor from horse harness, bronze. The front drawn out to a flat cone at the centre, on the reverse four openings for cross-arranged belts. Diameter 3.8 cm. 8) Cylindrical bronze insert with knobs from the bit of an Iron Age bridle. 5th – 4th century B.C. Length 2.3 cm. 9) Bronze bow fibula with triple-wound spiral. 6th century B.C. CULTURAL ASSET!Provenance: A private collection from northern Germany, acquired in the 1980s on the German art market.
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