Early 1st millennium BC. A domed sheet-bronze shield panel with raised carinated knop to the centre, concentric bands of repoussé ornament including bosses, zigzags, vertical bars and arches with interstitial bosses (masks?), all with pointillé outlining; pairs of holes to the rim. 417 grams, 30.5cm (12"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired on the London art market before 2000; believed to have been previously part of the Axel Guttmann collection.