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LOT 0089

Estimate
GBP (£) 1,500 - 2,000
EUR (€) 1,740 - 2,310
USD ($) 2,010 - 2,680

GREEK GOLD EARRINGS WITH FEMALE HEADS
HELLENISTIC, 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 - 1 1/8 in. (5.93 grams total, 25-28 mm).

Each a hollow-formed female head with stephane to the brow, granulated collars flanking biconvex bulbs, tapering twisted shank curved to meet the gussetted loop above the head. [2]

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, item 1706, for type.

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