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LOT 0333
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Gold Votive Plaque of Guldgubbe with Goddess Facing
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (1.45 grams, 26 mm).
Sheet-gold plaque with folded edges, repoussé image of a facing figure in ankle-length robe, hands resting on the hips.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12755-234703.
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.
Cf. Franceschi, G., Jorn, A., Magnus, B., Men, Gods and Masks in Nordic Iron Age Art, Koln, 2005, pls.1,33-38 and Adamsen, C. et al., Sorte Muld, Rønne, 2008, p.47, for similar votive plaques.
FootnotesGuldgubbe was originally a Swedish word that has entered in the Scandinavian language and denote tiny human or divine figures either cut from sheet gold or formed over a patrix. Figures of women are extremely rare in metal art before the 7th century A.D. It is only with Guldgubbe that women make their appearance. They are usually viewed both in profile or (like here) frontally.
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LOT 0333
Scandinavian Pre-Viking Gold Votive Plaque of Guldgubbe with Goddess Facing
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