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RARE BROCHE GAULOISE

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RARE GALLIC BROOCH
wrought-iron brooch with long, baluster-shaped handle.
The handle is in the shape of a stylized
with outstretched arms and legs.
ending in four teeth.
Celtic art, Middle La Tène (3rd century B.C.).
Length: 50 cm
(Accidents, restorations)

PROVENANCE
- Collection of Mr. F. L. M., Munich, acquired by
inheritance in the late 1980s.
- Pierre Bergé sale, October 10, 2017, lot 285.
- French private collection.

The characteristic handle of this rare object is
particularly similar to that of the anthropomorphic
anthropomorphic dagger from Pont-de-Thielle
housed in the Musée Archélogique du Laténium
in Hauterive-Neuchâtel [inv N° BE-GAMP-9].