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LOT 0634

Etruscan Bronze Furniture Fitting

5TH CENTURY B.C.

3 3/4 in. (55 grams, 96 mm).

In the form of a harpy, comprising a facing female mask with lobed headdress on a tapering neck, crescentic lateral wings and tails with feather detailing, central column with claw foot; beneath, a scrolled panel developing to a four-toed claw; hollow to reverse of mask and claw, fixing stud and mounting ledge to reverse.

Provenance

Acquired in Germany, before 2000.
English private collection.
with Bertolami Fine Arts Ltd, Auction 88, no.162.

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LOT 0634

Etruscan Bronze Furniture Fitting

Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)

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