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"SNAKE HEAD" CHOICE GRADE ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN BRONZE BANGLE BRACELET Afghanistan / Iran Region BRONZE AGE: 4000 - 3000 years ago This is a fantastic, top quality ancient Near Eastern ancient bronze bangle bracelet with a "snake head" terminal design. It is a genuine ancient jewelry bangle and dates back to the Luristan culture of the Bronze Age empire of Ancient Iran. The former Bronze Age empire of ancient Iran once spanned a large area from what is today eastern Iraq all the way into western Pakistan, including all of present-day Iran and Afghanistan. This CHOICE piece has deep encrusted patina of the finest green hue. Just like women of today, these bracelets adorned the bodies of women of the Near East in ancient times from 3000 to 4000 years ago. This specimen has been professionally cleaned and conserved in our lab, being treated with a special wax developed and formulated specifically for ancient bronze preservation. The patina shows beautiful traits only found in authentic ancient artifacts. It is a patina like this that the finest ancient bronzes are prized for and it is a patina like this that brings a premium in price and value of the specimen. A TOP-grade example of ancient jewelry from this famous Bronze Age culture. INTACT WITH NO RESTORATION and NO REPAIR. The preservation is stable with no bronze disease. Bronze disease can be a problem in bronze artifacts and untreated, it can literally eat away an artifact over a short time of a matter of years and turn the piece to powder. WARNING: There is an increasing number of fake Near Eastern (Luristan) bronze artifacts on the market. As fine quality intact, original specimens become more scarce and techniques have become more sophisticated to fake these weapons. We have personally handled numerous extremely well-done fakes with extremely convincing patinas. The degree to which the fakers have been able to replicate patina to disguise their work requires an expert examination by highly experienced individuals. It is common to find very reasonably priced artifacts that are made up of part original and part modern components or wholly modern pieces displaying elaborate artificial patinas. All purchases should include from the dealer a written guarantee of authenticity with unconditional and lifetime return policies regarding such guarantee. The term LURISTAN references artifacts made by a society of semi-nomadic people that once lived in the mountainous region of Northwest Iran. Little is known of this ancient culture but the most impressive traces are that of the bronze artifacts they left behind that can be found in parts of present-day Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan. These include highly decorative equipment for their horses, ceremonial containers and numerous weapons ranging from simple utilitarian pieces on up to elaborate masterpieces of warfare. It is theorized that the Luristan bronzes were crafted by the earliest existence of the Median empire but this has never been proven as written records of the Medes have not survived. The Medes were Indo-Iranian people originally from central Asia who settled in Northwest Iran in the 9th century BC and later defeated the Assyrian empire in 614 BC. Their success is short-lived and their empire which once stretched from central Iran to the Persian Gulf and Anatolia was overrun in 550 BC by the Persians. SUPERB ANCIENT BRONZE BANGLE BRACELET WITH "SNAKE HEAD" TERMINALS - CHOICE GREEN BRONZE PATINA 2.6" x 2.3"overall SOLD LUR025 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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