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LOT 0530
Etruscan Gold Trumpet-Shaped Earring
CIRCA 350 B.C.
3/4 in. (1.34 grams, 20 mm).
Hollow-formed sheet-gold earring with applied trumpet-shaped finial, filigree collars and beaded wire fillet to the rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Parisian dealers including Jean-Phillipe Mariaud de Serres; subsequently dispersed with other pieces at auction.
French private collection of a French lady, acquired in the 1980s.
Accompanied by a copy of an illustrated three page collector's cataloguing document.
Cf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, p.XL.
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Opening Bid: £750
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From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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Opening Bid: £500
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