Lot Essay
Cf. Exhibition catalogue, Celt-Iberian Antiquities from the Collection of Leon Levy and Shelby White, New York, 1993, p. 94 and 98, nos. 36 and 38 for the type.
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5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A CELT-IBERIAN BRONZE CRUCIFORM FIBULA
5TH CENTURY B.C.
The cross-arms forming vertical downward spirals, the left spiral terminating in a catchplate with separate biconical knobbed finial, finely punched and incised decoration, pin missing; and a Celt-Iberian bronze tower fibula, with ridged arching bow, the short catchplate terminating in a vertical rectangular foot with flaring concave sides, decorated with punched dots and spiral motifs, pin with wide spiral spring, 4th Century B.C.
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) and 2½ in. (6.4 cm.) long respectively (2)
5TH CENTURY B.C.
The cross-arms forming vertical downward spirals, the left spiral terminating in a catchplate with separate biconical knobbed finial, finely punched and incised decoration, pin missing; and a Celt-Iberian bronze tower fibula, with ridged arching bow, the short catchplate terminating in a vertical rectangular foot with flaring concave sides, decorated with punched dots and spiral motifs, pin with wide spiral spring, 4th Century B.C.
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) and 2½ in. (6.4 cm.) long respectively (2)
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