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Lot 48

A pair of Etruscan bronze hippalektrya handle attachments

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,200 - £1,500

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A pair of Etruscan bronze hippalektrya handle attachments
Circa 5th Century B.C.
Each with a central pierced double circular section with a palmette below, flanked by recumbent hippalektrya, combining a horse head with rooster body, each approx 3½in (9cm) long

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Provenance:
Collection of Professor Dr A. Zadoks-Josephus Jitta, Netherlands, acquired between 1960-1970. Thence by descent.

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