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    RARE ORIGINAL ANCIENT JEWELRY PAIR OF EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE SPIRAL ORNAMENT FINGER RINGS *CEL021

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    Spiral Ornaments
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    Central Europe
    AGE:
    Bronze Age: 1300 B.C. - 800 B.C.
    SIZE:
    3.25" long x 1.5" wide, each overall
    CONDITION:
    NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION. BOTH COMPLETE AND OF THE SAME SET.
    NOTE:
    RARE ORIGINAL PAIR OF EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE PRESTIGE, LUXURY AND NOBLECLASS DISPLAY. THE PINNACLE OF ANCIENT EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE ART EXPRESSION. ABSOLUTE FINEST PRESERVATION AND COLOR PATINA!
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    PROVENANCE:
    Ex-private London collection formed in the 1970's

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    The legendary ancient bronze spiral metal handcrafts of the European Bronze Age are unique to their culture and represent stunning artistic achievement in the ancient world.  The aesthetic and rare craftsmanship demonstrated in these masterpieces of the ancient world, are unknown to any other time or place of human history.  From massive ankle and wrist decorations to small appliqués, the spiral ornamentation permeated much of the body adornment of Central Europe during the Mid to Late Bronze Age. 

    This is a beautiful museum-grade original set of two LARGE spiral finger rings from this culture.  Most burials did not include finger rings like these indicating these were rare luxury prestige items in their day.  What is especially rare beyond the fact they are an original matched set, is their size and perfect preservation with no breakage or missing portions.  Meant to be worn on each hand, this set is a supreme example of Europe's Bronze Age art interpretation and jewelry style of royalty and luxury. 

    Antiquities like these are surely to appreciate in the years to come as all countries that such treasures could once be found, have long since forbid any digging or prospecting for new discoveries. 

    Unlike most metal artifacts sold on the market that are untreated and uncleaned, our specimens our properly cleaned, inspected and conserved in our museum conservation lab prior to being offered for sale to our clients.  If ancient metal is NOT treated and stabilized correctly, IT WILL CONTINUE TO DISINTEGRATE AND CORRODE, AND COULD EVENTUALLY FALL APART.

    HISTORY

    The Tumulus culture dominated Central Europe during the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600 to 1200 BC).  It was the descendant of the Unetice culture.  Its heartland was the area previously occupied by the Unetice culture besides Bavaria and Württemberg.  It was succeeded by the Late Bronze Age Urnfield culture.  The Tumulus culture was eminently a warrior society, which expanded with new chiefdoms eastward into the Carpathian Basin (up to the river Tisza), and northward into Polish and Central European ÚnÄ›tice territories. The culture's dispersed settlements centered in fortified structures.  As the name implies, the Tumulus culture is distinguished by the practice of burying the dead beneath burial mounds (tumuli or kurgans).  The Tumulus culture was prevalent during the Middle Bronze Age.  Tumuli have been used elsewhere in Europe from the Stone Age to the Iron Age yet, the term "Tumulus culture" specifically refers to the South German variant of the Bronze Age.

    Important milestone achievements in metallurgy and mining (and smelting) raw materials for making metal handcrafts ushered in an entirely new prehistoric period called the Bronze Age.  The use of bronze was central to both, the Tumulus and Unetice cultures.  Although copper had already been in use in Anatolia since the 7th millennium B.C., the idea to alloy tin with copper to make bronze was discovered much later in the 3rd millennium B.C..  Bronze first appeared in the Near East, in the early third millennium B.C..  By the mid 3rd millennium B.C., it emerges in the Central Europe and by the end of the 3rd millennium, it was the most commonly used metal from the Atlantic coast to Southeast Asia.

    The ease of working bronze versus copper helped advance popularity of the metal.  The addition of tin also increases the hardness over copper making bronze a better metal for tools and weapons.  Despite this, bronze was rarely used to produce weapons and tools in the early use of the metal.  It was so highly valued that instead, it was used for jewelry, ornaments, or vessels.  The perception that bronze resembled gold probably helped in its higher appreciation to the eye over copper which turned brown as it aged.  Furthermore, tin is a rare material with few sources in Europe, and it must have been procured separately from copper from great distances.  This could have significantly contributed to its value and attraction as raw material for precious objects.

     

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    ID Spiral Ornaments
    FOUND Central Europe
    AGE Bronze Age: 1300 B.C. - 800 B.C.
    SIZE 3.25" long x 1.5" wide, each overall
    CONDITION NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION. BOTH COMPLETE AND OF THE SAME SET.
    NOTE RARE ORIGINAL PAIR OF EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE PRESTIGE, LUXURY AND NOBLECLASS DISPLAY. THE PINNACLE OF ANCIENT EUROPEAN BRONZE AGE ART EXPRESSION. ABSOLUTE FINEST PRESERVATION AND COLOR PATINA!
    :: Includes Display Box
    :: Includes a LIFETIME GUARANTEE Certificate of Authenticity & Condition / History Sheet
    PROVENANCE Ex-private London collection formed in the 1970's

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