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LOT 1041
Large Roman Enamelled Bronze Plate Brooch
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (19.8 grams, 58 mm).
Comprising a central disc with concentric enamelled rings and central hole to accept a stud (absent), flanked above and below by an addorsed pair of crescent cells supporting a disc; pin-lugs, pin and catch to reverse; the enamel restored.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, items 600, 601, for type.
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