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LOT 1345
Neo-Elamite Silver Brooch Pair
CIRCA 700 B.C.
2 1/8 in. (98 grams total, 55-57 mm).
A group of two arm-and-hand brooches each with ribbed collars to the shank and the catchplate formed as a hand with protruding thumb. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
LiteratureCf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 718.
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