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Golden neck ring
Unknown5th century BCE (original)
Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Reproduction of a richly ornamented gold torc. This item of jewellery was found in a Celtic grave, along with a bronze jug and various bronze rings and fittings. The original torc (object no. II 6263a), along with numerous other valuable objects from the collections of the Berlin Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, has been held as ‘looted art’ at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow since 1945.
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Details
- Title: Golden neck ring
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 5th century BCE (original)
- Type: Jewellery
- Medium: Plaster, coloured
- Inv. no.: (MVF) VIIa 1253
- ISIL no.: DE-MUS-019212
- External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Ingrid Geske || Text © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
- Collection: Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte | Europa, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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