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LOT 1708
Iron Age Celtic Bronze La Tene Triskele Mount
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (23.4 grams, 31 mm).
Discoid with ribbed outer ring enclosing a La Tène triskele with central hub; mounting stud to rear. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Literature
Cf. Bruce-Mitford, R., The Corpus of Late Celtic Hanging Bowls, Oxford, 2005, item 88, for type.
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