Lot 1026

Description

1) An early Greek silver fibula of the archaic period, 8th – 7th century B.C. Hollow-worked bow, thickened at the centre, with a seam on the bottom. Two-and-a-half-coil spring with pin, resting in a rectangular box of silver sheet. The box with breaks supplemented by the skillfully inserted modern sheet metal pieces as part of a restoration, which also stabilise the preserved fragments of the catch-plate. On the fully preserved top of the catch-plate, incised decoration with a saltire cross, three swastikas and a triangle in the angles. Length 5.5 cm. Despite the restoration of the catch-plate, a rare and impressive specimen. 2) An Illyrian bronze fibula with a triple-coiled spring and a profiled bow with a raised knee. 1st century B.C. Intact. Length 8.4 cm. 3) Fragment of a bronze Early La Tène fibula. 4th century B.C. Fine ornate bow with a deformed four-coil spring. Foot broken off. Preserved length 4.7 cm. 4) Fragment of the returned foot of an Early La Tène fibula, terminating in a hollow-worked, spherical end with six volutes worked in relief with a prominent profile. 4th century B.C. Preserved length 3.7 cm. 5) A Celtic mount for a lost pin, which was held between the beaks of two stylised bird heads. 2nd century B.C. Height 1.6 cm. Wide 1.7 cm. 6) An Illyrian armring with strongly overlapping ends on the front face. The front face up to 3.4 cm wide and prominently ribbed, with punch decoration in the recesses. The back only approx. 7 mm wide. Diameter 7.6 cm. Weight 58 gr. 7) An Illyrian silver ring of thick silver wire with strongly overlapping ends, wound around the ring in five-coil spirals. Diameter 8.5 cm. Weight 20 gr. CULTURAL ASSET!

Provenance: Private collection from southern Germany (acquired from an estate), purchased by the father between the 1970s and 1990s on the art market in southern Germany.

Condition: I - Questions about the lot?