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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
AN ETRUSCAN GOLD PIN
CIRCA LATE 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ETRUSCAN GOLD PIN
CIRCA LATE 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The upper end of the tapering shaft wrapped with sheet secured by a coil of beaded wire and topped with a large and a small sphere, both bisected by two beaded wires, their upper hemispheres adorned with rows of beaded wire circles, the smaller sphere with a finial in the form of a bird, perhaps a dove
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) long
CIRCA LATE 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The upper end of the tapering shaft wrapped with sheet secured by a coil of beaded wire and topped with a large and a small sphere, both bisected by two beaded wires, their upper hemispheres adorned with rows of beaded wire circles, the smaller sphere with a finial in the form of a bird, perhaps a dove
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) long
Literature
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. 83.
I. Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans, Jerusalem, 1991, no. 379.
I. Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans, Jerusalem, 1991, no. 379.