CELTIC SILVER BRAIDED TORQUE. Ca. 600 - 300 BC A silver torque formed as an open hoop, the centre with a tightly braided band of interlinked wire loops, the braid gradually resolving into plain round-section terminals that taper towards the ends. Size: 10mm x 130mm; Weight: 98g. Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a South-German private collection formed on the European art market in the 1980s and 1990s. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 2005.366.