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LOT 0144
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Bull Collection
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 in. (114 grams total, 29-51 mm).
Comprising: a couchant bull with stylised detailing, recess and mounting lugs to base; head of a bull with crescentic horns and rectangular lug forming neck, possibly a furniture fitting; bull's head with ring through nose, notched horns and pierced rectangular lug to reverse. [3]
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 0144
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Bull Collection
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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