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LOT 2071
Large Romano-British Bronze Dragonesque Brooch
CELTIC, 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (9.11 grams, 42.8 mm).
S-shaped with scrolled flourishes to the dragon-head terminals, openwork body with an 'eye' motif; free-running tongue with head coiled around the neck of one of the heads.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 155; The British Museum, Museum number 1857,1214.9.
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LOT 2071
Large Romano-British Bronze Dragonesque Brooch
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Celtic to Medieval Silver Fragment Group
Circa 1st-16th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising open-work pendants, mounts with filigree decoration, triangular and irregular flat-section fragments with punched dot decoration, and others. 23.5 grams total, 12-37 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Silver Bracelet
Iron Age, circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £55
Pennanular, formed from a round-section rod with cut finials. 32.2 grams, 62 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Large Romano-British Bronze Dragonesque Brooch
Celtic, 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £300
S-shaped with scrolled flourishes to the dragon-head terminals, openwork body with an 'eye' motif; free-running tongue with head coiled around the neck of one of the heads. 9.11 grams, 42.8 mm
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
