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LOT 1170
Iron Age Celtic Bow Brooch with Bird
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (2.6 grams, 33 mm).
A bronze miniature bow brooch with integral pin, long narrow catchplate, model bird on the bow. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed in the 1990s.
Property of a European gentleman living in the UK.
Ex TimeLine Auctions, 15 March 2012, lot 901(part).
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Hattatt, R., Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, item 1449, for type.
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