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LOT 0645
Roman Bronze Military Horse Harness Pendant Collection
1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 - 3 1/4 in. (50 grams total, 50-81 mm).
Comprising a dished roundel with strap-sliders to the reverse, hinged ivy-leaf pendant below; separate pendant with openwork detailing. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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