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LOT 0094

Etruscan Silver Bracelet with Mounted Scarab

6TH CENTURY B.C.

2 1/4 in. (24.8 grams, 57.6 mm).

Hollow-formed tapering shank with rotating cell containing a scarab with hieroglyphs to the underside.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12660-234644.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0094

Etruscan Silver Bracelet with Mounted Scarab

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820

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