BRONZE AGE NECKLACE WITH AMULETS

Ca. 800-600 BC. Bronze Age. A beautiful bronze necklace made of numerous stylised mace-head pendant amulets with bronze and stone beads in a red palette; the central pendant is shaped like an animal foot. Good condition. Beautiful patina. Such necklaces may originally have belonged to precursors of the Druids, the members of the learned class among the ancient Celts who acted as priests, teachers, and judges. Size: L:240mm / W:128mm ; 85.25 g. Provenance: Property of a European collector, previously acquired on the EU Art Market from B. G. in 2017; formerly in a private collection of B. G., formed in the 1960s.