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LOT 1316
Celtic Bronze Standing Bird Statuette
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.65 grams, 23 mm high).
On a square base with its head slightly cocked to one side.
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
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Iberian Celtic 'Axel Guttman' Bronze Warrior Finial
5th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,000
With slightly tapering socket and openwork bulb above, discoid platform supporting a mounted warrior modelled in the round; horse with long vertical tail and horizontal reins, bowed legs and scrolls at the hooves; warrior astride the horse with legs bent and feet to the rear, helmet with lateral horns and large swept crest with notched edge; arms bent to show the warrior in the act of drawing his falcata sword from the scabbard worn across his midriff; mounted on a custom-made stand. 152 grams total, 18.2 cm high including stand
Ex Axel Guttmann collection. Accompanied by a copy of an old photograph showing this item on display in a display cabinet within the Guttmann Museum.
The horseman's pose with his legs bent and feet held towards the rear would have been necessary before the introduction of stirrups in the early medieval period. The horse appears to sport a disc between its ears, possibly part of the bridle. -
Large Romano-Celtic Bronze 'Brigantian' Dragonesque Brooch
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
S-shaped with scrolled flourishes to the dragon-head terminals, remains of inlaid blue and possibly red enamelling to the stylised beast heads, geometric ornament to the body; free-running tongue with head coiled around the neck of one of the creatures. 12.6 grams, 56 mm
From the collection of a Cambridge lady, 1990s. -
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Pendant Pair
Circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
Composed of a twisted bar with pendant dangle to each terminal formed as shallow crescents with recessed discoid terminals. 8.23 grams, 85 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
