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An Etruscan Gold Fibula, circa 2nd Half of the 6th Century B.C.

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Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

with coiled pin merging into an arched bow extending on either side into three forward curving prongs, each with a spherical terminal, and long tapering catch plate decorated with granulated lines and rows of triangles, the bow ornamented with evenly spaced pyramidal granulated motifs and a separately-worked crouching sphinx with details in granulation.


Length 8.5 cm.

private collection, Switzerland, acquired on the art market in the United Kingdom in 1974

private collection, Switzerland, by descent from the above

acquired by the present owner from the above

For a gold fibula with tapering catch plate decorated in granulation see https://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/130006431 (M. Cristofani, and M. Cristofani Martelli, "Vulci: il complesso di oreficerie del Metropolitan Museum," in: L'Oro degli Etruschi, 1983, no. 107, pp. 142 and 282). For two gold fibulae each with crouching sphinxes surmounting the catch plate see https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/arc-fibula-depicting-a-chimera-and-sphinxes-etruscan-news-photo/142930411 (Rome, Museo Etrusco di Villa Giulia), and

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/arc-fibula-depicting-sphinxes-from-vulci-etruscan-news-photo/142930412 (Munich, Staatliche Antikensammlung).

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