ITALIC - SET OF THREE BRONZE 'ANTELOPE' BELT HOOKS Circa 4th century BC. Italic, from the Pre-Roman Era. A set of three bronze zoomorphic belt hooks with traces of iron rivets for securing to belt plates; the legs formed as a pair of elongated antelopes, with horned heads looking back over their shoulders, with dog's head and ram's head terminals; workmanship delicate and finely detailed. 120 - 122mm. One fine, one with minor repair and one damaged. Provenance From a deceased estate. Literature Cf. Bonhams, 29th April, 2009, lot158 (for a set of three extremely similar examples)
ITALIC - SET OF THREE BRONZE 'ANTELOPE' BELT HOOKS Circa 4th century BC. Italic, from the Pre-Roman Era. A set of three bronze zoomorphic belt hooks with traces of iron rivets for securing to belt plates; the legs formed as a pair of elongated antelopes, with horned heads looking back over their shoulders, with dog's head and ram's head terminals; workmanship delicate and finely detailed. 120 - 122mm. One fine, one with minor repair and one damaged. Provenance From a deceased estate. Literature Cf. Bonhams, 29th April, 2009, lot158 (for a set of three extremely similar examples)
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