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CENTRAL EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE HANGING RATTLE A large, multi-piece bronze bar with green patina. Three horizontal needles with square cross-section terminating in spirals. A bent attachment hook in front of the large spiral. Eight connected stylised bird motifs (two incomplete) with rattle plates in the form of stylised swords hanging on rings. Ca. 1200 BC W. 9 in. (23 cm.) Ex German collection. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, 2009, no. 72. For a nearly identical example see: Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Fall 2008, p. 7. HMK01 $12,500 Sales |
