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LOT 0376
Late Iron Age Enamelled Bronze Brooch Set
CIRCA 3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
29 1/8 x 15 in. (4.3 kg, 74 x 38 cm).
An Eastern European necklace and pendant set comprising: two trapezoidal openwork plaques with loops to the rear with red and white enamelled panels and bar with rings; two rectangular openwork plaques with red enamel geometric detailing, lateral square-section bells; C-shaped openwork collar with red enamel panel supporting a crescentic plaque with white enamelled discoid centre and transverse bar, two pendant discoid plaques with lateral lugs and openwork red-enamelled pendant discs with T-shaped radiating lugs; set in a custom-made velvet-backed display frame.
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
From an old German, Munich, collection.
From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12057-214201.
Hammond, A., Discovering Jewellery: A Collector's and Investor's Guide, Ipswich, p.354.
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