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LOT 0147
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Boar
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 in. (54 grams, 53 mm).
Modelled in the round standing on a polygonal base, semi-naturalistic detailing to the head, coat and mane.
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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LOT 0147
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Boar
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Iron Age Enamelled Bronze Votive Vessel
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Or a votive jar, tubular with carinated and segmented shoulder, inset panels of red enamel ornament, loop above. 24 grams, 40 mm
Fine condition.
Found near Aylesford, Kent, 1976. Ex UK collection. Property of a Portsmouth, UK gentleman. -
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Catuvellauni Clothes Fastener
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Composed of a boss-and-loop with straight edge to loop. 8.96 grams, 25 mm
Found Higham Ferrers, Northants, UK. Ex Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number CE35. Accompanied by a Chris Rudd information card.
Chris Rudd has collected ancient coins and antiquities since the 1940s. As an amateur archaeologist he found many himself at Badbury Rings, Dorset, 1952-53. He also dug at Hod Hill with Professor Sir Ian Richmond and at Wroxeter with Dame Kathleen Kenyon and Dr Graham Webster. Today he is best known as a Celtic coin dealer. His catalogues have been described as ‘an important research source’ by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and ‘treasure houses of delight’ by Dr Anne Ross. Coins and artefacts associated with Chris Rudd – as a collector, dealer and valuer – can be seen in The British Museum and other museums. This collection was formed since the 1970s. -
Iron Age Celtic Silver Clad Ceramic Boss Group
2nd century B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Each conical in shape and pierced for attachment, three with near complete or fragmentary remains of sheet-silver cladding displaying repoussé crosses, linear bands and concentric roundels, together with a plain example; one ceramic boss without cladding displaying similar motifs in the clay. 55 grams total, 36-40 mm
Acquired on the German art market around 2000. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
