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FIVe KhMeR bRONZe bANgles
Khmer Empire, 14th-16th century. The closed bangles of
circular shape. The bangles were found at an ancient Khmer
site in Northern Thailand, to where the Khmer had extended
their empire during the 11th and 12th centuries.
Provenance: Private collection of a German artist and
collector living in Southeast Asia.
condition: Good condition commensurate with age, traces
of age and wear, signs of erosion, fine malachite-green patina.
Weight: 99.1 g (total)
Dimensions: Diameter 7.6-8 cm (each)
estimate euR 800
Starting price EUr 400

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A buRMese bRONZe ‘dRAgON’ bANgle
Burma, 6th-10th century. The bangle with one end molded as a very
expressive dragon head with the open mouth revealing its teeth, the
dragon’s scales covering the entire bangle save for the other end of
globular shape.

Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold
Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the
above.
condition: Good condition commensurate with age, with traces of age
and wear, and a fine malachite-green patina.
Weight: 157.2 g
Dimensions: Outer Diameter 10.1 cm, Inner Diameter 7.6 cm

estimate euR 600
Starting price EUr 300

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