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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]

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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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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