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With sinuous, asymmetrical designs and swirling arrangements of commas, circles, and fan shapes, this brooch conveys the pervasiveness of a Celtic aesthetic in the Empire's western provinces in the first centuries A.D.
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Title: Dragon-Shaped Brooch
Date: 100–300
Culture: Celtic or Roman
Medium: Copper alloy with champlevé enamel
Dimensions: Overall: 1 7/8 x 7/8 x 3/16 in. (4.7 x 2.2 x 0.5 cm)
Classification: Enamels-Champlevé
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1980
Object Number: 1980.450
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