Celtic Gold Bracelet with Zoomorphic Ornament

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Nov 23, 2018

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Auction Venue: The May Fair Hotel London Stratton Street Mayfair London, W1J 8LT Viewing from noon Thursday 22nd Nov. 2018 Champagne Reception: 6pm - 9pm Friday 23rd Nov. 2018 (Day 1) 10am : Lots 1 - 660 TimeLine Auctions Limited enquiries@timelineauctions.com

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• Lot Description
  4th century BC. A substantial gold penannular bracelet with bulb terminals; the outer surface ornamented in relief, divided into panels separated by bulbs and bands of ornament; the central section with spiral band of coiled tendrils with facing male masks and billets between; raised acanthus-based patterns to the outer faces; bulb finials segmented with scroll detailing. Cf. similar ornament on a torc recovered from Tomb 2 at Santa Paolina di Filootrano, Ancona, Italy in Moscati, S. (ed.) I Celti, Milan, 1991, p.202. 113 grams, 92mm (3 3/4"). Property of a UK gentleman; acquired from a London gallery in the late 1980s; formerly from a private European collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s. Accompanied by X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate number 00944-2018CJ. The palmette leaf design is directly copied from Greek art (see Stead, I. M. and Rigby, V., The Morel Collection, London, 1999, item 1723 for similar), where it appears frequently, as here, as the termination feature at the foot of a design. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.]

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  Very fine condition. Museum quality.
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