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LOT 0594
Greek Gold Pomegranate-Shaped Pendant
CIRCA 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
5/8 in. (0.97 grams, 16 mm).
Formed of sheet-gold with applied loop, a small pearl enclosed within the calyx.
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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