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LOT 1032
Roman Enamelled Bronze Plate Brooch
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (24 grams, 40 mm).
Pelta-shaped with trefoil finial to the vertical lobe, recessed D-shaped cell with enamel fill, central roundel with enamel fill; integral box fitting to reverse housing the chord and pin, catch to lower end. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1420, for type.
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