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LOT 1777
Balkan Silver Bracelet Group
3RD CENTURY B.C.
2 1/4 in. (29.8 grams total, 58-59 mm).
Each round in section with tapering ends formed into a tight coil. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
Cf. Rustoiu, A., Ferencz, I.V., ‘Late Iron Age in Transylvania (Romania): Material Culture and practices as markers of communal identities’ in Various, Ancient Thrace: myth and reality, The proceedings of the Thirteenth International Congress of Thracology Kazanlak, September 3-7, 2017, Sofia, 2022, pp.303-308, fig.2,2.4, for bracelets in similar style found on human skeletons in Transylvania.
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Celtic Bronze Armlet with Coiled Bezel
Iron Age, circa 2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Formed from a single lentoid-section rod with the ends wound around the shank in a sliding knot. 22.2 grams, 88 mm
From the collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, collector. -
British Celtic Bronze Toggle and Loop Fastener
Iron Age, 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Button-and-loop fastener with D-section segmented face, flared arm with round-section attachment loop. 17.5 grams, 28 mm
Found Wilden, Bedfordshire, UK. Recorded with UKDFD no.53478. -
'The Miller' Romano-Celtic Bronze Leaping Boar Statuette
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £2,250
Depicted in a dynamic pose with its front legs raised and the weight of the body borne on its hind legs, flared nostrils and large, round eyes; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 165 grams total, 73 mm wide including stand
Found Hampshire, UK, in the 1980s. From the collection of the late David Miller of Hemel Hempstead, UK, and a Cambridge collection of the 2000s. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13378-258774.
The small statuettes of boars found in Roman Britain and Gaul were likely used as votive figurines for cult places. They were widespread in the Roman provinces of Celtic origin. However, one cannot exclude the fact that many boars found in Britain belong to the pre-conquest era. One of the few types of bronze figurines that are known to precede the arrival of the Romans is, in fact, that of the boars.
