London, Italy
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jun 20 2020 - 3 pm BST (4 pm CEST)
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LOT 152:
An etruscan gold belt hook with reclining figure of a man.
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Start price:
£
500
Estimated price :
€1,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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An etruscan gold belt hook with reclining figure of a man.
First half of the 6th century B.C.
L (tot): 46 mm Weight: 3,29 grs
This belt hook is composed of two rectangular embossed gold sheets, each one with a central figure showing a reclining man. Four perforations at the corner and a double hook joining a double ring composed the attach. The iconography reminds the etruscan sarcophagi reclining figures. Provenance: The Gotha Precious Collection: property of a Swiss Collector; with Oswald Burchard, Zurich, until 1983; formerly part of the M. Hess Collection (Hotel Jura, Basel).
