Ancient Villanovan Bronze Sanguisuga Fibula
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**Originally Listed At $1100**
Northern Italy, Villanovan culture, ca. 9th to 8th century BCE. A "sanguisuga" brooch - meaning "leech" - made of tightly-coiled bronze wire with a heavy clasp and pin. The form of this fibula is a thick, arched bow with a closed underside. The spiraled body is heavy and hollow. Fibulae of this type are found almost exclusively in the graves of women from the later Villanovan and Etruscan period, although the Greeks seems to have imitated the Etruscan examples in the 7th century BCE. The form immediately preceded the navicella, "boat-shaped" fibula. Size: 3.75" L x 1.2" W x 2.75" H (9.5 cm x 3 cm x 7 cm)
Provenance: private Swiss collection of F.H.; ex-private W. Rosenbaum collection, Ascona, Switzerland, acquired before 1984
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Northern Italy, Villanovan culture, ca. 9th to 8th century BCE. A "sanguisuga" brooch - meaning "leech" - made of tightly-coiled bronze wire with a heavy clasp and pin. The form of this fibula is a thick, arched bow with a closed underside. The spiraled body is heavy and hollow. Fibulae of this type are found almost exclusively in the graves of women from the later Villanovan and Etruscan period, although the Greeks seems to have imitated the Etruscan examples in the 7th century BCE. The form immediately preceded the navicella, "boat-shaped" fibula. Size: 3.75" L x 1.2" W x 2.75" H (9.5 cm x 3 cm x 7 cm)
Provenance: private Swiss collection of F.H.; ex-private W. Rosenbaum collection, Ascona, Switzerland, acquired before 1984
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#124134
Condition
Restoration to section of pin else quite fine, with patina on surface that may have been cleaned in the past.
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Ancient Villanovan Bronze Sanguisuga Fibula
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