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PAIR OF MIDDLE BRONZE AGE ARM SPIRALS OF SALGOTARJAN TYPE

Named after the treasure findings at Svedlar in eastern Slovakia. Of exceptional condition with extensive decorative incision work; rich olive-green patina.
Cf: M.Novotna, ‘The Axes and Hatchets in Slovakia’, PBF IX 3, 1970, pl. 56, 13.14.

Ex German collection. Intact and exceptionally well preserved.

15th-13th Century BC

Dia of spiral 6 1/4 in. (16 cm.); total length 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2008, no. 170
GMG11
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