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LOT 0546
Etruscan Bronze Harpy Finial
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.
ProvenanceAcquired in Germany, before 2000.
English private collection.
with Bertolami Fine Arts Ltd, Auction 88, no.162.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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