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LOT 1145
Western Asiatic Jeweller's Chisel and Pin Collection
3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 - 3 5/8 in. (102 grams total, 31-93 mm).
Comprising: an awl, a chisel, various pins and pin finials. [9, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s.
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.
Literature
Cf. Iamoni, M., ‘Toggle Pins of the Bronze Age: A Matter of Style, Function or Fashion?’ in Lanfranchi, G.B., Morandi Bonacossi, D., Pappi C., Ponchia, S., Leggo! Wiesbaden, 2012, pp. 349-363, figs.2, 7, for similar toggle pins.
Footnotes
Similar complete pins excavated by the Italian Archaeological Mission in Homs have been subdivided into two well-known categories, the melon headed pins and the simple pins, both here represented. This distinction in shape corresponds to a distinction in size: although the diameters are more or less the same.
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