CELTIC BRONZE BRACELET WITH LION-SHAPED FINIALS. Ca. 300 - 100 BC. A bronze bracelet with a flat, penannular band of uniform width, featuring lion-shaped finials at each end. The outer surface is decorated with a series of evenly spaced punched dots arranged in a chevron pattern, with a horizontal groove running around the centre of the body. The midsection of the bracelet features a rectangular panel defined by vertical lines, containing a central dot surrounded by several smaller dots, a design mirrored on each lion head. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.191.255. Size: 60mm x 55mm; Weight: 45g Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets.