Scythian Gold-Clad Ribbed Torc with Decorated Terminals

4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

11 in. (481 grams, 28 cm).

Round in section with ribbing, rectangular finials with billeting to the borders and edges, and rows of impressed roundels.

Provenance

Private collection, Wagner family, Germany, 1955.
Private collection, London.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12389-226870.

Literature

See Hellmuth, A., Da Esti A Ovest: Le Tombe Principesche degli Sciti, in Bonora, G.L. and Marzatico, F., Ori dei Cavalieri delle Steppe, Milan, 2007, p.175, pl.13.

CONDITION

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