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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.
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