Syro-Hittite - Gold Duck Bracelet > Lot No. 795

Description:
12th to 7th century BC. A two-part bracelet comprising a sheet-gold tube over a wooden (?) core; on the longer, female section, the open rim strengthened and decorated with a guilloche in filigree gold wire; on the male section, above the two joining pegs, an addorsed pair of waterfowl (ducks?) with voided eyes.

Measurements:
18 grams, 79 mm dia.

Condition:
Good fine condition, some cracking to the surface of the gold. Very rare.

Comments notes:
'Syro-Hittite' describes the states which formed in southern Asia Minor after the collapse of the Hittite Empire in Anatolia, circa 1180 BC.

Estimate: £2,200 - 2,800 (EUR 2,730 - 3,470; USD 3,480 - 4,430)

Auction date: Thursday 9th September 2010 at The Swedenborg Hall 20-21 Bloomsbury Way
London WC1A 2TH