Bracelet. Vietnam. Dong Son culture. 2nd century AD.

Bracelet. Vietnam. Dong Son culture. 2nd century AD.
Cast bronze.
Green patina.
Good condition.
Measurements: 12 x 11 x 10 cm.

Large and heavy cast bronze bracelet. It belongs to the Dong Son period. The Dong culture was a Bronze Age culture in ancient Vietnam centered in the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam from 1000 B.C. to the 1st century A.D. It was the last great culture of V?n Lang and continued well into the Âu L?c state period. Its influence spread to other parts of Southeast Asia, including the maritime Southeast, from about 1000 B.C. to 1 B.C. 2 3 4. The Dong people were skilled bronze casters using the lost-wax casting method,