Details

LOT 0099

Greek Gold Clad Bracelet

5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. OR LATER

2 3/4 in. (41.68 grams, 70 mm).

Comprising a penannular hoop and discoid finials with applied filigree collars; the filigree ornament repeated at the centre.

Provenance

Previously in the Mansees collection; formed 1950s-early 1990s.
From a large American collection formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1995.
Ex European collection.

Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.11731-200431.

Literature

Cf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1907, no.2714; Robinson, D.M., Williams, D., ‘Unpublished Greek Gold Jewelry and Gems’ in American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 57, No.1 (Jan, 1953), pp.5-19, figs.29, 31; Ogden, J., Greek Gold, Jewelry of the classical world, London, 1994; Despini, E., Greek Art, Ancient Gold Jewellery, Athens, 1996; Yavtushenko, I. (eds.), Masterpieces of Platar, Kiev, 2004.