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LOT 1295
Celtic Bronze Wild Boar's Head Mount
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (11.9 grams, 32 mm wide).
Modelled in profile with naturalistic features, central fixing hole.
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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