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LOT 0713
Roman Enamelled Bronze Bow Brooch
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (6.17 grams, 36 mm).
Dolphin-type T-shaped bow brooch with tapering crossbar, bow ornamented with segmentation to the obverse and enamel fill; trumpet-shaped lobe finial; catch and hinged pin to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near North Ripon, Yorkshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector.
Cf. Heynowski, R., Bestimmungsbuch Archaeologie: Fibeln, Munich, 2012, item 3.29.2, for type.
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