Inv. n°: MMoCA189

Etruscan Votive Shield

The separately made central medallion displays a ram's head in high relief with remnants of white eye inlays, surrounded by an ornamental ring bearing a tongue pattern, broad, strongly rounded protruding rim.

ø 28.5 cm

c. 500 BC

Bronze

Provenance

  • Ex Axel Guttmann Collection (R 203/AG 195)
  • Acquired at Herman Historica, Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and other Properties, sale 56, Munich, 8th October 2008, lot 59

Publications

  • Hermann Historica, Auction 56, Munich, October 2008, lot 59
  • M. Burns, "Graeco-Italic Militaria" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 190, fig. 19

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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