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CIVILIZATION | Greek |
PERIOD | Etruscan |
DATE | 5th-4th Century B.C. |
MATERIAL | Gold |
MOUNTED | No |
Spool-shaped ornament, each piece consisting of a short cylinder with a broad flange, the surface of the upper flange is decorated with undulating filigree and a herringbone pattern. Weight 8.4g
Formerly in the Dr. & Mrs. Goddard DuBois Collection, excavated in Egypt between 1900-1907. The DuBois collection was loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 1920s-1940s, then to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts where it was exhibited for another 20 years until its final exhibition at the San Diego Museum. Several works from their collection remain at the Met Museum, the MFA, and the Museum of Man.
Exhibited: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1920s-1940s, no. 2152.15a/b.; Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1945s-1960s; Museum of Man, 1968, nos. MG152 & MG153.
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Provenance documentation will be transferred to buyer.
cf. Deppert-Lippitz, B.; Ancient Gold Jewelry, Dallas Museum of Art, p. 102-103, nos. 93-94, for near identical examples.
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CATEGORY | Greek |
PERIOD | Etruscan |
DATE | 5th-4th Century B.C. |
MATERIAL | Gold |
MOUNTED | No |