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Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420
4TH CENTURY B.C.
1/2 in. (1.41 grams, 13 mm).
A delicately crafted pendant depicting a seated Eros with spread wings, holding a small turtle with his left hand and his right hand raised, feather detailing to wings and carefully modelled face with a smiling expression; a double suspension loop underneath and a single loop above; likely from an earring.
PROVENANCE:
Solothurn exhibition catalogue 1967, no.421.
Notable Swiss private scholarly collection.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12671-236392.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Marshall, BMCJ, no.1858-1916, pl.32f.
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