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A VILLANOVAN BRONZE SHIELD
- CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.

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A VILLANOVAN BRONZE SHIELD
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • $5,378
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    $3,000 - $5,000

Sale Information

Sale 1314
ANTIQUITIES
11 December 2003
New York, Rockefeller Plaza




Lot Description

A VILLANOVAN BRONZE SHIELD
Circa 8th Century B.C.
Of hammered sheet, the convex roundel decorated in punched dots concentric registers, including rays, meander and motifs in the form of lines bent at right angles, the handle grip on the reverse, also made of sheet bronze, joined by rivets and a pin, with traces of oxidized fabric preserved
14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Marcel Ebnöther Collection, Les Arcs, France.

Literature

J. Chamay, et al., The Art of the Italic Peoples from 3000 to 300 BC, Geneva, 1994, p. 142, no. 52.

Exhibited

Geneva, Museé Rath, November 1993 - February 1994; Paris, Mona Bismarck Foundation, 1 March 1994 - 30 April 1994.