Lot 41
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A GREEK BRONZE SILENUS HEAD HANDLE ATTACHMENT
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A GREEK BRONZE SILENUS HEAD HANDLE ATTACHMENT

CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
A GREEK BRONZE SILENUS HEAD HANDLE ATTACHMENT
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) high
Provenance
Norbert Schimmel (1905-1990) collection, New York, acquired prior to 1964.
Important Antiquities from the Norbert Schimmel collection, Sotheby's, New York, 16 December 1992, lot 48.
with H.A.C., Kunst der Antike, Basel.
Donald Vollen collection, Basel, acquired from the above in 1993.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
H. Hoffman, ed., The Beauty of Ancient Art: the Norbert Schimmel Collection, Mainz, 1964, no. 16.
O. Muscarella, ed., Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Mainz, 1974, no. 31.
J. Settgast, Von Troja bis Amarna: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Mainz, 1978, no. 35.

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