LATE 8TH-EARLY 7TH CENTURY B.C.

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A VILLANOVAN BRONZE FIBULA OF SANGUISUGA TYPE
LATE 8TH-EARLY 7TH CENTURY B.C.
With three stylized ducks along the apex of the broad oval bow, the bow decorated with fine striations, fragmentary elongated catchplate; and a Celtic bronze fibula with bow in the form of a dog, with bulbous eyes and open jaw, elongated catchplate, circa 5th Century B.C.
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) and 3½ in. (9 cm.) long respectively (2)

Provenance

Item one: Elsa Bloch-Diener, Bern.

Exhibited

Item one: Das Tier in der Antike, Archäologischen Institut der Universität Zürich, 21 September-17 November 1974, no. 302.
Italy of the Etruscans, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1991, no. 57.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Item one: H. Bloesch et al., Das Tier in der Antike, Archäologischen Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, 1974, p. 50, pl. 50, no. 302; Animals, 1981, I, no. 85; and I. Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1991, p. 61, no. 57.

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