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Lot 120

A European bronze spectacle fibula

1 December 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,530 inc. premium

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A European bronze spectacle fibula
Bronze Age, circa 8th-7th Century B.C.
Formed from a single wire coiled into two opposing spirals in figure-of-eight form, with central double scroll, the pin and catch-plate preserved at the back, 15.5cm long

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Provenance:
A. Loncken collection, Belgium.
Private collection, Netherlands, acquired from the above in 2006.

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