Description & Technical information
Weight: 65g, each with circular top centered by stylized flowerhead to ropework border, the central section composed of a gathering of angels surrounding a god riding four horses, suspending a series of chain tassels with foliate and urn-shaped terminations, signed to the reverse, the tops detachable.
Inspired by a pair said to be from Bolsena, Italy, 4th century BC, now in the Louvre, Paris. For a similar pair by Castellani see the Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome.
Date: 1860
Period: 1850-1900, 19th century
Origin: Rome
Medium: gold
Dimensions: 11 cm (4³/₈ inches)
Categories: Jewellery
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