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Etruscan Openwork Bronze Pendant, Archaic Period, late 7th to early 6th Century BC

Etruscan bronze pendant with five stylized figures holding each other by the hands.

The bossed heads embellished with earrings. A larger ring for suspension through the head of the central human figure.

The horizontal bottom is pierced with several holes from which depend some bronze rings.

For a related piece in the Cabinet des Médailles de la Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris cf. lot no. 405 in: Massimo Pallottino. Les Etrusques et l'Europe. Exhibition catalogue Paris 1992.

Museum quality and condition. Head of the central figure reattached. Tiny restorations on the outermost figures. One earring and some chains on the bottom missing.

H. 9.8 cm (3.9 in), W. 8 cm (3.1 in)

Private collection Switzerland, since the 1960s.

6300 USD