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Lot 90

A Western Asiatic twisted gold torc

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Western Asiatic twisted gold torc
Iran, Bronze Age, late 2nd - early 1st Millennium B.C.
The hoop spirally-twisted throughout, with hooked terminals of square cross-section, 21cm wide; 98g weight

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Provenance:
Property from a Dutch private Collection, The Netherlands, formed in the 1960s-70s.
Christie's, London, 10-11 July 1974, lot 236.
Sotheby's London, 12 July 1971, lot 59.

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