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LOT 0575
Greek Sanguisuga Bronze Fibula
ITALIC, 7TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (166 grams, 89 mm).
A 'sanguisuga' (leech) fibula with hollow, vertically ribbed bow; integral coiled spring and ellipsoid catchplate; loose contents suggests an additional function as a rattle, perhaps in a cultic context; pin restored.
Provenance
W. Rosenbaum, Ascona, before 1984.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00091285.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
See Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1355, for type.
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