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LOT 0578
Greek Bronze Openwork Pendant Collection
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
16 7/8 x 13 in. (2.16 kg total, 43 x 33 cm).
Comprising: eighteen pendants, each with tubular shank and open-ended bulb finial with five lateral vents, some with incised circumferential bands; one similar with dense crosshatching to the shank and bulb, four radiating spurs to the mouth; two larger pendants of similar form, one with six slots to the bulb and the other with seven; all mounted on a felt-backed display board.
ProvenanceA.de Munter collection, Brussels, acquired in the 1970s.
with Jürgen Haering, Freiburg.
Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above 2018.
Cf. Bouzek, J., Graeco-Macedonian Bronzes, Prague, 1974, p. 87, fig. 26, 5-12, 50.
FootnotesThese pendants may have been part of horse harness decoration.
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LOT 0578
Greek Bronze Openwork Pendant Collection
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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