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Lot 199

A Roman silver buckle attachment

24 October 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman silver buckle attachment
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
The openwork design comprised of a scrolling foliate pattern, with a hinge joint and central fastening prong, 2¾in (7cm) and 1¾in (4.4cm) long, mounted

Footnotes

Provenance:
American private collection.
Klejman Colllection, New York, acquired in London the 1960s.

Literature:
For a similar open work design of the same period, cf. R. Hattatt, Ancient brooches and other artefacts, Oxford, 1989, part II, figs.31-35.

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