Lot 81
Etruria, Archaic Period, ca. late 7th to early 6th century BCE. Bronze pendant with five stylized openwork figures holding each other by the hands. The bossed heads embellished with earrings. A larger ring for suspension through the head of the central human figure. The horizontal bottom is pierced with several holes from which depend some bronze rings. The decreasing size of the figures confer the piece a pyramidal shape. Openwork pendants are an element of Italic tradition. Height of pendant itself is 7.2 cm (2.8"), H. with chains 9.8 cm (3.9"), W. 8 cm (3.1"). For an almost identical piece in the Cabinet des Médailles de la Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris cf. lot no. 405 in: Massimo Pallottino. Les Etrusques et l'Europe. Exhibition catalogue Paris 1992. Like on the Paris example further human figural pendants may have depend from the chains of our example. For such figural pendants cf. items no. 93 and 94 in: Electa Napoli. L'art des peoples italiques. Geneva 1993. Provenance: HME collection Switzerland, since the mid 1960s. ***Item located in Switzerland, additional shipping charges apply*** All items in this auction have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. The starting price is the lowest price at which the lot can sell.
- Condition: Head of the central figure reattached. Tiny restorations on the outermost figures. One earring and some chains on the bottom missing. Museum quality example.
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