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LOT 0965
Roman Enamelled Dog Brooch
1ST-3TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (4.23 grasms, 37 mm).
Formed as a hound running right with panels to the eye, ear and flank to accept enamel; pin and catchplate to reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, England.
Cf. Mackreth, D.F., Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, item 11688.
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