A CELTIC COBALT BLUE GLASS BRACELET

CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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A CELTIC COBALT BLUE GLASS BRACELET
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
With characteristic applied zigzag trailed decoration in alternate yellow and white
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Private collection, the Netherlands; acquired by the current owner's father in the 1960s.

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Lot Essay

For similar examples, cf. J.-J. Charpy, 'The Champagne Region under Celtic Rule during the Fourth and Third Centuries B.C', in V. Kruta, O.H. Frey, B. Raftery and M. Szabo eds, The Celts, London, 1991, p. 247, and 'A Glass Bracelet' in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 17.194.332.

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