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LOT 1148
Bronze Age Sacrificed Spectacle Brooch
8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
17 3/4 in. (320 grams, 45 cm wide).
The round-section body with incised herringbone and linear decoration; sacrificially unravelled and now forming a large loop with one coiled end. [No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection, 1990s.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Bietti-Sestieri, A.M. and Macnamara, E., Prehistoric Metal Artefacts from Italy (3500–720 BC) in the British Museum, London, 2008, fig.615, for similar; Hambleton, J.M., Fibulae of the ninth through seventh centuries BC in Central Italy, Florida, 2008, fig.2-2b.
Footnotes
The spectacle fibula was widely distributed from the Balkans and northern Greece to southern Italy. Seven variations occur under this type with modifications made to the discs of the fibulae as well as the central connecting device. In the first and second variations the discs are coiled, whereas in the third and fourth the centre of the coil is left open. The figure eight loop also becomes shorter and wider in the fourth variant.
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