A GALLO-ROMAN LONG PLATE BROOCH Circa 2nd –...
A GALLO-ROMAN LONG PLATE BROOCH Circa 2nd – 3rd Century A.D. The central hollow disc is decorated with a band of alternate black and white enamel surrounding an inner ring of bright blue. It is flanked by inlaid terminals of adorsed crescentic lunettes set with white enamel terminating in a small disc of red enamel with a bright blue area of enamel between, 4.9cm high, Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1992, Literature: Richard Hattatt, ‘Iron Age and Roman Brooches’ (Oxford, 1985) pp. 168-169, nos. 600-601 shows similar examples. A close parallel can be seen in ‘Antiken aus Rheinischem Privatbesitz’ (Bonn, 1973) tafel 191, Nr. 420/3, pp. 260-261.
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A GALLO-ROMAN LONG PLATE BROOCH Circa 2nd – 3rd Century A.D. The central hollow disc is decorated with a band of alternate black and white enamel surrounding an inner ring of bright blue. It is flanked by inlaid terminals of adorsed crescentic lunettes set with white enamel terminating in a small disc of red enamel with a bright blue area of enamel between, 4.9cm high, Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1992, Literature: Richard Hattatt, ‘Iron Age and Roman Brooches’ (Oxford, 1985) pp. 168-169, nos. 600-601 shows similar examples. A close parallel can be seen in ‘Antiken aus Rheinischem Privatbesitz’ (Bonn, 1973) tafel 191, Nr. 420/3, pp. 260-261.
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