Leech fibula, brooch, goldsmithery. Leech fibula with a swollen ring made of gold plate, decorated with filigree rings with granulation in the center. No sheath. 6th century BC, Etruria. Jewelry, fibula. Height 1.7 cm, width 2.1 cm, depth 0.7 cm, weight 0.7 g., A close-up of a curved metallic object with a smooth gray background, showing a crescent-shaped gold piece hammered and decorated with a few raised round protrusions and rosette-like embellishments; a thin gold wire extends from one end, looping into a spiral and tapering to a pointed tip, and the visible colors are gold and gray.
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Leech fibula, brooch, goldsmithery. Leech fibula with a swollen ring made of gold plate, decorated with filigree rings with granulation in the center. No sheath. 6th century BC, Etruria. Jewelry, fibula. Height 1.7 cm, width 2.1 cm, depth 0.7 cm, weight 0.7 g., A close-up of a curved metallic object with a smooth gray background, showing a crescent-shaped gold piece hammered and decorated with a few raised round protrusions and rosette-like embellishments; a thin gold wire extends from one end, looping into a spiral and tapering to a pointed tip, and the visible colors are gold and gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A03_177

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Leech fibula brooch goldsmithery swollen ring gold plate decorated filigree rings granulation center No sheath 6th century BC Etruria Jewelry fibula Height 1.7 cm width 2.1 cm depth 0.7 cm weight 0.7 g close-up curved metallic object smooth gray background showing crescent-shaped gold piece hammered raised round protrusions rosette- embellishments thin wire extends looping spiral tapering pointed tip visible colors gray.

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