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A funerary wreath of laurel leaves surrounds a central solar ‘omphalos’. Three smaller solar ‘omphaloi’ at each end form a band before the semi-circular terminal plaques, each decorated with a siren in relief. The sirens hold a dolphin in each hand, their fishtails ending in dog-protomes.

h. 32 cm

c. 4th century BC

Gold

Provenance

Sold at Ars Antiqua AG, Luzern, Switzerland, 2nd May 1959, lot 138
Antonetto collection, Lugano-Paradiso, Switzerland, and thence by descent
Acquired at Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London, 22nd November 2012

Publications

Ars Antiqua AG, Antike Kunstwerke, Luzern, Switzerland, 2nd May 1959, lot 138, pp. 48-49, p. 63
Ville de Mougins, "C'est quoi cette oeuvre?'", Mougins Infos, France, été 2020, no.74

Exhibitions

TEFAF, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2012 — 2012
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from 2012

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Etruscan Gold Diadem

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