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LOT 1653
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Bull's Head Bucket Mount
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (33 grams, 45 mm).
D-section bull-head finial with hollow to the underside, segmented ring to the muzzle and another between the horns, mouth and nostril detailing, suspension loop to the rear. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a North Yorkshire, UK, private collection.
Acquired from Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield, UK.
Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.
Literature
Cf. a Romano-British mount from Telford and Wrekin recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme under reference HESH-C96C96.
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