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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIBULA
CIRCA LATE 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIBULA
CIRCA LATE 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
With a plain arching bow, a coiled pin at one end, a catch-plate at the other extending into a stylized duck head curved back along the bow, with dotted circle eyes, the elongated bill flat on the underside
2 3/8 in. (6.05 cm.) long
CIRCA LATE 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
With a plain arching bow, a coiled pin at one end, a catch-plate at the other extending into a stylized duck head curved back along the bow, with dotted circle eyes, the elongated bill flat on the underside
2 3/8 in. (6.05 cm.) long
Literature
J. Biers, ed., A Peaceable Kingdom, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part VI, Mainz am Rhein, 2004,
no. 35.
no. 35.