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LOT 0671
Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Horse and Rider Brooch
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.9 grams, 27 mm).
Plate brooch with cells to the horse's chest and flanks and to the rider's body, intended to accept cloisonné enamel fill, remains of a sprung pin to the reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
Accompanied by a handwritten dealer's ticket.
Literature
Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, items 1177, 1179.
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