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LOT 0525
Scythian Bronze Belt Fitting
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
5 1/4 in. (138 grams, 13.5 cm).
Composed of a bow-tie-shaped body with a central triangular plaque to one edge forming a hook to reverse; series of piercings to the opposite edge; two regardant stags and bars of hatched triangles engraved to one face.
ProvenanceEx old English collection.
London art market, 1980s.
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8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
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With burnished surface, tall tapering neck and trumpet-shaped mouth, globular body, one loop handle at the shoulder. 3.4 kg, 42 cm high
From the collection of Dr Takey Crist, Jacksonville, North Carolina, acquired late 1980s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11854-207732.
