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LOT 1552
Iron Age Bronze Chariot Lynch Pin Finial Pair
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 - 2 1/4 in. (75 grams total, 51-56 mm including stand).
Each a youthful male head with slit mouth and socketed eyes to accept organic inlay; stub neck developing to a sturdy pin; both mounted on a custom-made display stand. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Anglia, UK.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. Ross, A., Pagan Celtic Britain, London, 1967, pl.45a, for type.
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