A PAIR OF ETRUSCAN GOLD PENANNULAR BRACELETS

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A PAIR OF ETRUSCAN GOLD PENANNULAR BRACELETS
6TH- 5TH CENTURY B.C.
each circular hoop formed from a bronze rod covered in sheet gold with two spherical bud-shaped terminals each embossed with alternating lotus bud motif and with small bead or pellet on tiny disc soldered at the tip, below each knob-terminal a collar with twisted gold wire decoration consisting of figure-of-eight motif flanked by two pairs of volutes
2¾ in. (7 cm.) diam. (2)

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PUBLISHED:
H. A. Cahn, Art of Ancient Italy, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, exh. cat., New York, 1970, p. 19. no. 24 c.

For the bud-shaped terminals, Cf. F.H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman in the Deparmtments of Antiquities, British Museum, 1969, no. 1345

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