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LOT 0061
Etruscan Gold Leech Earring
3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 1/8 in. (7.61 grams, 30 mm).
Formed with a hollow c-shaped body adorned with five rows of hollow spheres and a double filigree ropework band, two rows of filigree hoops to the inner face.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery Greek, Etruscan & Roman in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, item 2265, for construction.
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