CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.

Details

A CELTO-IBERIAN GOLD TORQUE
CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
5 5⁄8 in. (14.4 cm.) wide

Provenance

Private collection, U.K., acquired in the 1960s; thence by descent.
Property from a Deceased Estate; Antiquities, Christie's, London, 13 May 2003, lot 254.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Cf. H. Tait (ed.), 7000 Years of Jewellery, The British Museum, London, p. 78, nos. 171-172 (British Museum inv. nos. PRB 1960.5-3.1 and 2); B. Cunliffe, The Ancient Celts, London, 1999, p. 141, pl. 112; H. N. Savory, Spain and Portugal: the Prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula, London, 1968, p. 251, pl. 57 for similar.

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