Lot 48
48
A PICENIAN BRONZE TORQUE WITH BUD FINIALS
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PICENIAN BRONZE TORQUE WITH BUD FINIALS

CIRCA LATE 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
A PICENIAN BRONZE TORQUE WITH BUD FINIALS
CIRCA LATE 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
7 3⁄8 in. (18.7 cm.) wide
Provenance
Edmund Roy Hofmann (1901-1977), Philadelphia, acquired in Europe, 1930s-1950s; thence by descent.
Property from a West Coast Private Collection; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 25 October 2016, lot 114.
with Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2017.

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Lot Essay

For a similar example, see the torque in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, inv. no. M.76.174.312, no. 1291 in P.R.S. Moorey, et al., The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art.

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