AN ETRUSCAN GOLD HAIR SPIRAL

7TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ETRUSCAN GOLD HAIR SPIRAL
7TH CENTURY B.C.
Composed of sheet gold over a bronze core, the terminals in the form of stylized lion heads, each with an extended collar finely decorated with bands of scrolling filigree wave pattern
1 in. (2.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Bense collection: sold Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1995, lot 227.

Lot Essay

Cf. Kunst der Etrusker, Hamburg, 1981, p. 126, no. 157; H. A. Cahn (ed.), Art of Ancient Italy, New York, 1970, pp. 15-16, no. 23f; F. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery: Greek, Etruscan and Roman, The British Museum, London, 1969, p. 118, pl. XVI, no. 1311 for similar.

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