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LOT 1312
Celtic Bronze Wild Boar Double Clothing Toggle
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (27.7 grams, 43 mm).
Couchant with feet forwards and modelled with two extended T-shaped toggle lugs, curled tail, stylised detailing to the coat and facial features, mouth open, attachment socket to back.
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.
LiteratureCf. Foster, J., Bronze Boar Figurines In Iron Age And Roman Britain, British Archaeological Report 39, 1977, pl.X, for similar.
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LOT 1312
Celtic Bronze Wild Boar Double Clothing Toggle
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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