Bracelet. Bronze Age, 1st millennium B.C.

Bracelet. Bronze Age, 1st millennium B.C.
Bronze.
Measurements: 7.5 cm in diameter; 8 cm including the base.
Provenance: Family bequest from Ramon Martí Alsina and Ricard Martí Aguiló. Archaeological collection assembled beginning in the 1950s by successive generations of the family through purchases at European galleries and auction houses. Previously part of the private collection of John J. Slocum, USA.
Tubular bronze bracelet with a beautiful original patina. One end features an opening for slipping it onto the wrist. Mr. Slocum (1914–1997) collected most of his antiquities while serving as the U.S. cultural attaché in Egypt in the 1960s. He later served as assistant director of the Smithsonian, was appointed by President Reagan to the Presidential Advisory Committee on Cultural Property, and was named an emeritus member of the Archaeological Institute of America.