Ancient Dong Son bronze bracelet, from Vietnam/Laos.
It shows the typical Dong Son motifs of frogs and a procesion of cold and warm bblooded creatures. Reptiles inhabit the underworld realms of earth and water and also the earthy domain shared by mammals and human beings.
Provenance: European private collection.
Dimensions:
External diameter: 9 cm
Inner diameter: 6,5 cm
Width: 0,9 cm
Weight: 75,4 gr
Literature:
“Bracelets ethniques d’afrique, d’Asie d’Océanie et d’Amérique”, van Cutsem, Anne, Skira, 2002, p. 276
“The jewelry of Southeast Asia”, Richter, Anne, Thames & Hudson, 2000, p. 29
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