AN ETRUSCAN AMBER PENDANT
AN ETRUSCAN AMBER PENDANT

CIRCA 500-400 B.C.

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AN ETRUSCAN AMBER PENDANT
CIRCA 500-400 B.C.
Depicting a sphinx, pierced for attachment
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) long max.
Provenance
Ferrucio Bolla collection (1911-1984), Lugano, Switzerland.
Private collection, Geneva, Switzerland.

Lot Essay

For similar amber pendants cf. D Strong, Catalogue of the Carved Amber in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1966, p. 78, no. 69, pl. 28.

Amber was imported by the Etruscans as a precious material, valued for its beauty and rarity. It was considered to have magical and amuletic properties.

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