Scythian Decorated Gold Bell
1st millennium B.C. A sheet-gold bell, domed with a rolled rim and vent at the apex; decorative band above the rim with reserved lozenges on a pounced field each with an impressed dimple to the centre; crack to one side. See Makhortykh, S., Bronze bells of the 7th –6th century BC from the Scythian burial – mounds in the south of Eastern Europe, in ?????????? ???????????, vol.11, Odessa, 2016, for discussion. 19.47 grams, 48 mm (1 7/8 in.). Acquired early 1990s.Ex private American collection; thence by descent.Private Swiss collection since 1998. [For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price]