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LOT 1838
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Ribbed Bracelet or Proto-Money
LA TèNE B, 3RD CENTURY B.C.
2 1/4 in. (116 grams, 57 mm).
D-shaped in section, segmented on the outer face into a series of convex knobs, each separated by a groove. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith H.A.C.A.G., Basel, prior 1999.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00103135.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.) Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 14.12, for type.
FootnotesAfter the end of the Bronze Age, bronze was still extensively used for weapons and ornaments, which have usually survived far better than the rust-prone remains of early iron tools. From Celtic Europe, we have a great amount of small bracelets and bronze rings worn by people of
modest means in the centuries leading up to the emergence of the classical period.
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