Lot 131
KIEV CULTURE BROOCH AND CHAIN
EASTERN EUROPE, C. 3RD - 5TH CENTURY A.D.
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History | 663
Auction: 24 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
Description
enamelled bronze, two trapezoidal openwork plaques with loops to the read, red and white enamelled panels, bar with rings to broad end; two rectangular openwork plaques with red enamel geometric detailing, lateral square-section bells; C-shaped openwork collar with red enamel panel supporting a crescent plaque with white enamelled discoid centre and transverse bar, two pendant discoid plaques with lateral lugs and openwork red-enamelled pendant discs with T-shaped radiating lugs, presented in a bespoke case
Dimensions
52cm long
Footnote
Provenance:
Private collection, Germany, acquired prior to 2000, accompanied with a positive X-ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate