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LOT 0534
Italic Bronze Bow Brooch
8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (32 grams, 88 mm).
With a simple curved arch decorated with engraved banding; integral pin and large catchplate. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the family collection of a Surrey gentleman since before 1960.
LiteratureCf. Richardson, A., In search of the Samnites: Adornment and Identity in Archaic Central Italy, 750-350 B.C., figs.5.13, p.54, for similar simple arch fibula.
FootnotesChronological and geographical variations of the Italic fibulae are dependent on the decoration of the arch. The use of bronze and iron (and even silver and electrum in the south) is less of a factor within the individual type series than it is for the overall trend of styles. The rare use of iron in the seventh century and increasingly frequent use throughout the sixth century never rivalled the popularity of bronze, which remained more practical and convenient for working with familiar techniques.
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Etruscan Bronze Handle Pair with Heads of Medusa
6th-5th century B.C.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,444
Each formed as a D-shaped fluted bar with the finials formed as grotesque Medusa heads in Archaic Greek style with protruding tongue and a pair of bearded snakes framing her forehead; mounted on custom-made display stands. 695 grams total, 11 cm wide each
Ex private collection of Athos Moretti, Bellinzona, Switzerland, in the 1960s. with Christies, London, 14 June 1978, lot 344. with Sotheby's, New York, 29 May 1987, lot 154. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11773-204596.
The handles were possibly once part of a hydria or a stamnos. The workmanship of the nose and eyes of the Medusa recall the head of a gorgoneion from a chariot or cart fragment, today at the Metropolitan Museum (inventory no.29.131.3d1–d3). -
South Italian Blackware Kantharos with Ivy Branch
5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
The high-handled drinking cup with carinated lower body, discoid feet and vines painted to the equator. 525 grams, 22.2 cm
Acquired in the late-1980. Ex S.A. collection. -
Cypriot Decorated Amphora
700-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Creamware body with broad neck and pear-shaped body, trumpet-shaped base; ribbed strap handles extending to the everted rim; painted with dense zones of concentric black chevrons, rings, and other geometric ornament, red detailing. 1.12 kg, 23.5 cm high
with Christie's, London, 11 July 1990, lot 122. Subsequently in the collection of Dr Takey Crist, Jacksonville, North Carolina.
