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LOT 1710

Celtic Enamelled Bronze Dragonesque Brooch

IRON AGE, 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

1 3/8 in. (8 grams, 34 mm).

S-shaped brooch fragment with a transverse band of triangular and lozenge cells across filled with enamel; the head with a large eye with light blue enamel, curving ear-terminal above. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK, in 2020.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Hattatt, R., A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, Oxford, 2000, p.351, fig.210.

CONDITION

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LOT 1710

Celtic Enamelled Bronze Dragonesque Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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