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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
TWO ANCIENT DUCKS
CIRCA LATE 7TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
TWO ANCIENT DUCKS
CIRCA LATE 7TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
Including a Scythian electrum pin finial, circa 4th-3rd century B.C., formed of sheet halves, the wings embossed with ridged rows, with circular eyes and recessed nostrils, seated on a ring of beaded wire, the underside with granulation framing the remains of the now-missing pin; and an Etruscan gold pendant, circa late 7th century B.C., formed of sheet halves, the surface embellished with rows of granulation delineating the contours, with granulated rosettes for the eyes, a suspension loop of coiled wire joined to the tail
Pendant: 1 in. (2.5 cm.) long (2)
CIRCA LATE 7TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
Including a Scythian electrum pin finial, circa 4th-3rd century B.C., formed of sheet halves, the wings embossed with ridged rows, with circular eyes and recessed nostrils, seated on a ring of beaded wire, the underside with granulation framing the remains of the now-missing pin; and an Etruscan gold pendant, circa late 7th century B.C., formed of sheet halves, the surface embellished with rows of granulation delineating the contours, with granulated rosettes for the eyes, a suspension loop of coiled wire joined to the tail
Pendant: 1 in. (2.5 cm.) long (2)
Literature
Finial:
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 55.
Pendant:
A.P. Kozloff, D.G. Mitten and M. Sguaitamatti, More Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part II, Mainz am Rhein, 1986, no. 85.
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 55.
Pendant:
A.P. Kozloff, D.G. Mitten and M. Sguaitamatti, More Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part II, Mainz am Rhein, 1986, no. 85.