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LOT 0089
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]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. 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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LOT 0089
Greek Gold Earrings with Female Heads
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Hellenistic Lead Weight
Circa 2nd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Square in plan with D-shaped extension to the top, obverse with high-relief tree flanked by symbols, sides with running zigzag, reverse with ankh symbol on a lattice field. 107 grams, 51 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Greek Gold Earrings with Female Heads
Hellenistic, 2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
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. 5.93 grams total, 25-28 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Minoan Black Stone Vessel
AM II-MHIB/IIA, circa 30th-19th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Substantial carved mortar with narrow base and biconvex body; heavily chipped. 2.1 kg, 13 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
The vessel corresponds to the Warren type 28, with similar Egyptian parallels and correspondent typologies, with small differences on the edges (see Karetsou et al., 2000, nos.15a and 19a).
