SET OF ETRUSCAN BRONZE ATHLETE DRESSING IMPLEMENTS

Ca. 600 - 500 BC. A set of bronze dressing implements of an athlete comprising three decorated pins; a torque with twisted section and hooks on the edges and a large strigil with curve blade. Size: 135-470mm x 40-120mm; Weight: 680g. Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.