Lot Essay
For a related example see no. 75 in Rudolph and Calinescu, Ancient Art from the V. G. Simkhovitch Collection.
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HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK BRONZE TORQUE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
The circular hoop fluted, the terminals each in the form of a hound head, its ears pressed back, with bulging eyes, their long muzzles meeting at the center, one with a socket to receive the pin protruding from the other, their collars with bead-and-reel and crosshatching
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) diameter
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
The circular hoop fluted, the terminals each in the form of a hound head, its ears pressed back, with bulging eyes, their long muzzles meeting at the center, one with a socket to receive the pin protruding from the other, their collars with bead-and-reel and crosshatching
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) diameter
Provenance
with George Zakos, 1970s.