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LOT 0637
Greek Gold Pomegranate-Shaped Pendant
CIRCA 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (0.29 grams, 18 mm).
Comprising a hollow-form body with detailed calyx below, the suspension formed as a hollow collared bead with a thin connecting loop.
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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.
FootnotesFruit 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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