CIRCA 14TH CENTURY - 3RD CENTURY B.C.

Details

AN EARLY EUROPEAN, AN ETRUSCAN AND A HELLENISTIC GOLD DIADEM
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY - 3RD CENTURY B.C.
15 in. (38.1 cm.) long max.

Provenance

Swiss private collection, Dr R. H. (1922-2007), acquired on the European art market between 1991 and 2000.

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Lot Essay

On each stamped end of the Etruscan diadem, there are remains sections of a mythological scene, possibly an Amazonomachy. For a similar diadem with several layers of grooved, overlapping leaves facing laterally towards a central medallion, cf. M. Cristofani and M. Martelli, L'Oro delgi Etruschi, p. 219, no. 235.

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