Western Europe, Hallstatt Culture; c. 800 BC
A wonderful, massive bracelet of great rarity. Complex casting with intricate engraved dot and line motifs. Purportedly found in Le Mans, France. From the famed Joseph Brummer collection.
Provenance; Julien Chappee (1862-1957)collection, Le Mans , France
M. and R. Stora, Paris, where purchased by Joseph Brummer on 7/30/1938
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Joseph Brummer collection, part 2, May11-14,1949.

Dimensions

5.25" wide.


Provenance:
Provenance: The John J. Slocum Collection
Mr. Slocum (1914-1997) collected most of his antiquities while serving as US cultural attache to Egypt in the 1960s. Later, he served as Assistant to the Director of The Smithsonian, was appointed by President Reagan to the Presidential Cultural Property Advisory Committee, and was a Trustee Emeritus of the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a well-respected scholar/collector, whose medieval crusader coins were sold in a single-owner sale at Sotheby's, London in 1997.

Very good.