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LOT 0556

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

ROMANO-BRITISH ENAMELLED BRONZE HORSE AND RIDER BROOCH
2ND CENTURY AD
1 1/4 in. (3.45 grams, 33 mm).

With panels to the cloak and horse's body for enamel fill, notched outline to the hair and mane, pin and catchplate to verso.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the 1980s-1990s.
Ex property of a German collector 2016.
Property of an Essex, UK, lady.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1175.

CONDITION
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