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LOT 1292
Iron Age Celtic Silver Clad Ceramic Boss Group
2ND CENTURY B.C. OR LATER
1 3/8 - 1 1/2 in. (55 grams total, 36-40 mm).
Each conical in shape and pierced for attachment, three with near complete or fragmentary remains of sheet-silver cladding displaying repoussé crosses, linear bands and concentric roundels, together with a plain example; one ceramic boss without cladding displaying similar motifs in the clay. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the German art market around 2000.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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