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LOT 0296
Large Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Dragonesque Brooch
CELTIC, 2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 in. (16.55 grams, 59 mm).
S-shaped with scrolled flourishes to the dragon-head terminals, remains of red enamelling to the stylised heads and body, eight rectangular cells to the body; 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 1655; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number: 1980.450.
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LOT 0296
Large Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Dragonesque Brooch
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) +BP*
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