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Brooch, Skeuomorphic, Amphora, Enameled, ca. 2nd Cent AD, Scarce!

Copper alloy; 41mm/7.0gm

Con/ Some loss of enameling & missing pin, otherwise, As Fabricated; cleaned and waxed.

Description/ Two handled amphora, pale enamel with dots about. Within, a smaller two handled amphora with orange enameling.

Ref/ Hattatt 1628 var.

Seller's Note/ The only example in the Hattatt catalog is a broken remnant. First time listing such a brooch after 30+ years. Scarce? Rare? You tell me. :-)