LOT 313 Villanovan-Italic Belt-Plate with Ducks and Spirals
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8th-7th century BC. A substantial sheet-bronze belt-plateprising an ellipsoidal body with raised edges, engraved with scrolled motifs with stylised ducks at the centre, a cross within a roundel, concentric circles and other geometric forms; one side tapering to a rectangular-section hook, the other to a rectangular arm, the upper and lower edges bent over to form a grip to the reverse, two circular piercings for fastening to leather. See Marzatico, F. and Gleirscher, P. ed., Guerrieri Principi ed Eroi fra il Danubio e il Po dalla Preistoria all'Alto Medioevo, Trento, 2004, p.345, fig.9, fig.5, p.352; see Cateni, G. (ed.), Etrchi di Volterra, capolavori dei grandi mei Europei, Milano, 2007; see DAmato, R., Salimbeti, A., The Etrcans, 9th-2nd centuries BC, Oxford, 2018, p.27, and reconstruction in pl.C, p.19. 255 grams, 24cm long (9 1/2"). UK art market. Property of a Woolwich collector. Apanied by an archaeological report by Dr Raffaele DAmato. Villanovan and Italic warriors sometimes wore wide, elliptical bronze plates as body defence on their waist belts (cincturae.) The pierced holes would have been for attachment to a leather belt acting in a similar fashion to a breastplate. Although such protection was known during the Villanovan I period, most examples with contexts came from tombs of the Villanovan II period. Most of the Italic specimense from Central and Southern Etruria (Corneto), but examples are also known from the Po Valley. They also served as symbols of rank, as is visible on the marvello statues of the princes of Casale Marittimo, near Volterra (Cateni, 2007, pp.102ff.) [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions .]
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