torc
- Museum number
- GR1867,0508.477
- Description
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Gold alloy torc with decorated buffer terminals.
- Production date
- 400 BC - 200 BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 23 millimetres
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Length: 167 millimetres
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Weight: 391.90 grammes
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Width: 137 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Correspondence from Pierre-Yves Milcent from Toulouse University (25 Oct 2004) suggests this torc, which is registered as having no close provenance except 'France', is a torc known to have been found in 1836 in the Department of Loiret. Note in Greek and Roman register for this object reads: ' "Found in France" see Parliamentary Report 1867 p.41 no.23'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2016 11 Mar- 25 Sep, Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland, Celts.
2007 14 Sep-2 Dec, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2007 3 Feb-27 May, Taipei, National Palace Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2006 18 Mar-4 Jun, Beijing, Capital Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 27 Oct-2006 31 Jan, Haengso Museum, Keimyung University, Daegu, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 25 Jul-8 Oct, Busan Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 11 Apr-10 Jul, Seoul Arts Centre, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2004 26 Jun-29 Aug, Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2004 10 Apr-13 Jun, Fukuoka Art Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2004 17 Jan-28 Mar, Kobe City Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2003 18 Oct-14 Dec, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
1980, London, BM, Celtic Antiquities from Gaul
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- GR1867,0508.477
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: GR.1867,0508.477
