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LOT 0577
Greek Gold Funerary Diadem
CIRCA 323-31 B.C.
4 7/8 in. (7 1/8 in.) (72 grams total, 12.3 cm wide (18.2 cm wide including perspex mount)).
Hammered from a thin gold leaf, a repoussé border of small pellets to the outer edge; mounted in custom-made perspex case with fabric backing.
ProvenanceEx European collection, 1960s.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.
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Speckled glaze; deep shoulder with chamfered rim and strap handle. 776 grams, 16.5 cm high
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