HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 330-300 B.C.

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A GREEK GOLD FIBULA OF MACEDONIAN TYPE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 330-300 B.C.
With arched bow with three biconical beads, each side of the hinge-plate decorated in relief with Nemean lion-pelt with front paws hanging either side of the head, the catch-plate with the protome of the forequarters of the winged Pegasus flanked by a spherical dome with circular beaded wire collar
1½ in. (3.7 cm.) high

Provenance

The Thétis Collection, Geneva, Switzerland; acquired prior to 1970.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
J.-L. Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, pp. 72-3 and p. 181, no. 130.

Both gold and silver fibulae with similar decoration have been found in northern Greece, including examples decorated with female heads, probably representing Omphale or Artemis. Such fibulae were usually worn in sets of six. For similar, cf. D. Williams and J. Ogden, Greek Gold: Jewellery of the Classical World, British Museum, 1994, p. 78, no. 33.

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