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LOT 1337
Scythian Gilt Bronze Zoomorphic Applique
7TH CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (44.5 grams, 77 mm).
Consisting of five (one absent) long-necked eagle heads facing in opposite directions, the beaked heads with raised eyes, necks decorated with a necklace imitating precious stones; three attachment holes.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
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. for similar bird heads see plaques from Melgunov Kurgan, in Andreeva, P., Fantastic Beasts Of The Eurasian Steppes: Toward A Revisionist Approach to Animal-Style Art, Penn, 2018, fig.2.41, p.123.
FootnotesPossibly an applique from a quiver.
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LOT 1337
Scythian Gilt Bronze Zoomorphic Applique
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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