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LOT 0554
Etruscan Gold Filigree Leech Brooch
7TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/4 in. (13.86 grams, 69 mm).
Hollow-formed bow with applied floral detailing, filigree and granules, double-coiled spring and pin; tongue-shaped foot with dense granule detailing, globe finial with rosette above.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s.
Property of a London lady, part of her family's collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12112-213116.
Cf. very similar fibulae in the Louvre Museum, inventories Bj831 and Bj832, in Gaultier, F. ; Metzger, C. (ed.), Trésors antiques : bijoux de la collection Campana, cat. exp. (Paris, Musée du Louvre, 2005/2006), Paris, Milan, Musée du Louvre / 5 Continents,Paris, 2005, p. 69, 140, 141, n° II, 106; cf. also Torelli et al., Treasures From Tuscany - The Etruscan Legacy, Edinburgh, 2004, items 57, 79, for a less decorative example of similar form; Torelli, M., Gli Etruschi, Monza, 2000, no.109, pp.467 and 575, for a similar decorative specimen.
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