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Roman Enamelled Bronze Plate Brooch Roman Enamelled Bronze Plate Brooch Roman Enamelled Bronze Plate Brooch
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LOT 0742

Roman Enamelled Bronze Plate Brooch

2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 3/8 in. (12 grams, 35 mm).

With four radiating triangular cells and central pellet; pin, pin-lugs and catchplate to the reverse.

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1049.

CONDITION
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LOT 0742

Roman Enamelled Bronze Plate Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £195

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