Two Large Central European Bronze Age Spectacle Brooches, c. 10th-8th Century B.C.

(Bronze Brooches)

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Item No.
29.35710
Culture
Europe, c. 10th-8th Century B.C. 
Item Details.
Two “spectacle” fibulae brooches with double conical spiralling wires each and a pin at the back, a solid bronze open-work phalera of semi spherical with open-work lines pattern and five thick knobs at the front, a wide loop at the back for attachment to the leather military chest straps.

Provenance: German private collection, Munich, acquired in the 1980’s in a Koln art gallery.

Display stand included

Size
11.6 cm L - 4 9/16 inches and inches and 11.7 cm L - 4 5/8 inches
Material
Bronze 
Condition
Pins at the back of fibulae repaired, one tip missing 
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Price.
US$ 1600
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