Dong Son bronze bracelet, SE Asia

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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