All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Etruscan : Pre AD 1000 item #1292686
Ostracon Ancient Art
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Bronze helmet with a high domed crown and a median ridge that vanishes towards the occiput. The carination is raised to a tiny gable on the front face and shapes the anatomy of the occipital area of the head.
A bronze ring to fix a lining inside the helmet is attached with four rivets underneath the brim...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Etruscan : Pre AD 1000 item #1267987
Rare Etruscan neck ring with outwards-turned tapering ends and a belonging fibula.
The grayish patina and the effloresced surface denote that the silver contains additions of other metals like lead and tin.
Neck rings were known from the Celts and also used during the Villanovan period.
Silver
Etruscan, ca. 6th-4th century BC
W. torque 13.8 cm (5.4 in)
L. fibula 9.8 cm (3.85 in)
Torque broken at the thickened lower end and reconstituted...