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LOT 0591

Greek Gold Pomegranate Pendant on Bead

4TH CENTURY B.C.

5/8 in. (0.42 grams, 17 mm).

Comprising a hollow-form body with detailed calyx below, the suspension formed as a hollow collared bead with a thin connecting loop.

Provenance

From the collection of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. for similar gold beads in Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the department of antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, pl.XXIII, nos.1450,1458.

Footnotes

Fruit were generally considered to be a symbol of sensuality, temptation and fertility; the giving and accepting of fruit may be regarded as a symbolic sexual act, or at least a prelude to marriage. It follows naturally that the pomegranate, with its innumerable fleshy seeds symbolising life and fecundity, was an attribute of Aphrodite.

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LOT 0591

Greek Gold Pomegranate Pendant on Bead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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