LOT 0654 Greek Geometric Fibula with Dragon Head
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9th-8th century BC. A bronze fibula, flat and rhomboid in shape, with a spike in the centre, one end with a double dragon head, the other end terminating in a double spiral. See Picard, C., Gardner, E.A., Pryce, F.N., Cooksey, W., Woodward, A.M., Casson, S., Welch, F.B., Tod, M.N., ‘Macedonia’ in The Annual of the British School at Athens, (1918/1919), 23, pp.1-103, for discussion on similar fibulae.84 grams, 13cm (5"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired on the London art market before 2000; previously in a UK collection. Fibulae with wire spirals were common in Greece, Macedonia, South Italy and the Picene area of eastern Italy. The Italic examples, like this one, commonly have a separate clasp element to which the spirals are attached, while in the Greek examples the pin and catch are formed from the ends of the spiral wires themselves.
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