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LOT 0151
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Boar
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (57 grams, 54 mm).
Likely a finial or other fitting, formed as the upper body of a boar with semi-naturalistic anatomical detailing; recess to base.
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.
LiteratureCf. Foster, J., Bronze Boar Figurines In Iron Age And Roman Britain, British Archaeological Report 39, 1977, for discussion and broadly comparable examples.
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‘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.
