Lot Essay
For another example of a late Villanovan or Early Etruscan 'dragon-type' fibula now in the Metropolitan Art Museum, New York, cf. acc. no. 96.9.356.
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CIRCA 9TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
ELEVEN ITALIC BRONZE FIBULAE
CIRCA 9TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
16 ¼ in. (41.5 cm.) long max.
CIRCA 9TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
16 ¼ in. (41.5 cm.) long max.
Provenance
Swiss private collection, Dr R. H. (1922-2007), acquired on the European art market in the 1980s-90s.
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