CELTIC SILVER BRAIDED TORQUE. Ca. 600 - 300 BC A silver torque of open hoop form, composed of round-section wires plaited into a thick rope-like band, the hoop narrowing to plain, tapered terminals. Size: 6mm x 130mm; Weight: 60g. 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.