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LOT 0551

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

LARGE GREEK BRONZE BOW BROOCH
6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (47 grams, 96 mm).

Comprising a tapering bow with median cluster of an elongated bulb with collar either side, one arm extending to a single-loop spring and pin, the other widening to a flat catchplate. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 712, for type.

CONDITION
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