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LOT 0362
Iron Age Celtic Coiled Silver Bracelet Pair
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (101 grams total, 73-74 mm).
Comprising a matched pair, each a keeled band with round-section finials formed as coiled bosses and linked loops forming a Hercules' knot at the centre, the ends coiled around the band. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired in the early 1970s.
Ex property of a Surrey collector.
From the Horton collection, UK.
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Circa 3rd-5th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
An Eastern European necklace and pendant set comprising: two trapezoidal openwork plaques with loops to the rear with red and white enamelled panels and bar with rings; two rectangular openwork plaques with red enamel geometric detailing, lateral square-section bells; C-shaped openwork collar with red enamel panel supporting a crescentic plaque with white enamelled discoid centre and transverse bar, two pendant discoid plaques with lateral lugs and openwork red-enamelled pendant discs with T-shaped radiating lugs; set in a custom-made velvet-backed display frame. 4.3 kg, 74 x 38 cm
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. From an old German, Munich, collection. From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12057-214201.
