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Lot 16

A group of bronze anklets and bracelets,  Comprising a heavy bronze ‘anklet’, of circular...

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Lot 16

A group of bronze anklets and bracelets, 

Comprising a heavy bronze ‘anklet’, of circular...

Price Realised: £420

Estimate: £400 - £600

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (31.2% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 16

Description

A group of bronze anklets and bracelets, 

Comprising a heavy bronze ‘anklet’, of circular cross-section, with incised decoration of banding, chevrons and cross-hatching, Western Iran, circa 1st Millennium B.C., 11.7cm diam, ‘17.41’; eight copper-alloy penannular arm-rings and bracelets, including an example decorated with hatched bands, 11.4cm diam, ‘8.12’; another hollow-cast example with discoid terminals and engraved with oblique hatched lines, 10.2cm diam, ‘8.13’; another hollow-cast example the outer ring decorated with alternating zones of double and multiple lines, 7.6cm diam, ‘8.14’; an example with coarsely ornamented chevrons on the exterior band, 6.8cm diam, ‘9.16’; an example of oval cross-section, the tapering terminals with grooved decoration, 9.8cm diam, ’11.87’, from Wilton, Wiltshire; another example with tapering terminals, undecorated, 10.9cm diam, ’13.9’; a bracelet with double line decoration on the outer ring, 7.1cm diam, ’13.11’, and another with slightly clubbed terminals, the outer face decorated with multiple lines, 6.1cm diam, ’13.12’, Bronze Age Europe, circa 1000 B.C., and an exhibition catalogue: Arthur MacGregor (ed), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of The Lord McAlpine of West Green (Ashmolean Museum Oxford 1987)

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Provenance: Property of a Gentleman, Lord McAlpine of West Green, Sotheby's A Cabinet of Curiosities: The Property of the Lord McAlpine of West Green 17 February 1994, Lot 46

Literature: Arthur MacGregor (ed), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of The Lord McAlpine of West Green (Ashmolean Museum Oxford 1987). Most of the arm-rings and bracelets are marked in white ink or ink on tippex with numbers correlating to the numbers in the publication: 8.12, 8.13, 8.14, 9.16, 11.87, 13.9, 13.11, 13.12 & 17.41. 

Note: This lot will require a UK export licence as it includes a British find

 

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The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

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