A VILLANOVAN BRONZE VOTIVE HAND
A VILLANOVAN BRONZE VOTIVE HAND
A VILLANOVAN BRONZE VOTIVE HAND
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A VILLANOVAN BRONZE VOTIVE HAND

CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
A VILLANOVAN BRONZE VOTIVE HAND
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
with Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva, prior to 1996.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

Votive offerings gained increasing popularity throughout Etruria, southern Latium and later northern Campania from the 7th Century onwards. Most gods were thought to possess the power to heal, and the sick flocked to their sanctuaries for a cure or to pray for future health. Predominantly these dedications depicted the parts of the human anatomy that needed healing.
In particular in the area of Vulci many graves have been discovered containing pairs of hands cut from a sheet of bronze, rolled up at the base to form the wrist. For a pair decorated with gold bosses in the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, Rome, inv. no. 11930-11931, cf. F. Buranelli, The Etruscans, Memphis, 1992, pp. 190-191, nos. 170-171.

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