Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 48*
An Italic bronze double spectacle fibula
3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £13,812.50 inc. premium
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Siobhan Quin
Senior Specialist
An Italic bronze double spectacle fibula
Circa 8th-early 7th Century B.C.
Composed of a single wire of circular section forming four large interlocking spirals, with a central four-pointed attachment plate decorated in repoussé with a dotted cross and border, riveted through the centre to the pin on the back, 13.4cm wide, 13cm high
Circa 8th-early 7th Century B.C.
Composed of a single wire of circular section forming four large interlocking spirals, with a central four-pointed attachment plate decorated in repoussé with a dotted cross and border, riveted through the centre to the pin on the back, 13.4cm wide, 13cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 June 1990, lot 34.
with Merrin Gallery, New York.
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above in July 1990.
For similar, see M. Comstock & C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1971, p. 232, no. 333.