A VILLANOVAN GOLD FIBULA

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ID 734957
Lot 35 | A VILLANOVAN GOLD FIBULA
A VILLANOVAN GOLD FIBULA

CIRCA 675-650 B.C.

3 in. (7.6 cm.) long







Provenance

Marcel Ebnöther (1920-2008), Les Arcs, France, acquired by 1993.

Art Market, Germany.

Ancient Jewelry, Christie's, New York, 11 December 2003, lot 385.

Private Collection, New York, acquired from the above.

Gifted to the current owner from the above, by 2009.





Literature

J. Chamay, et al., The Art of the Italic Peoples from 3000 to 300 B.C., Naples, 1993, p. 225, no. 124.





Exhibited

Geneva, Musée Rath and Paris, Mona Bismarck Foundation, The Art of the Italic Peoples from 3000 to 300 B.C., 6 November 1993-13 February 1994.





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