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LOT 0557
Italic Navicella Bronze Fibula with Figural Decoration
7TH CENTURY B.C.
2 5/8 in. (29.4 grams, 68 mm).
With navicella-shaped bow decorated with incised parallel lines, three miniature appliqués in the form of stylised monkeys and two lateral knops, foot preserved, pin tip absent. [No Reserve]
Provenance
W. Rosenbaum, Ascona, before 1984.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00091284.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. less ornate example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, under accession no.20.260.
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