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LOT 0558

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,808

GREEK GOLD DIADEM WITH CABOCHON GEMSTONES
CIRCA 800-400 BC
18" (Gold and stone, 25 grams, 45 cm).

A sheet gold and gemstone diadem comprising a narrow gold fillet with ten sheet-gold pendant plaques attached, each formed as a spray of three leaves; the central element a large cabochon setting for a red gemstone flanked by two small translucent orange stones in similar mounts; a hook and eye closure at the fillet's ends.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Gorny & Mosch, Munich.

CONDITION
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