Greek Gold Repoussé Bracteate Set

4TH CENTURY BC

8 3/4" (138 grams including stand, total 22cm wide, 14.7cm high).

A set of round repoussé rosettes, each with various subjects including a male mask, bold with long beard, a female mask, wearing earrings, the hair styled in a chignon, a child's mask and Medusa mask with snakes around the neck, small dots around the border and three holes for attachment, professionally mounted on a custom display stand.

Provenance

Property of an American collector; acquired on the London art market before 1991; previously in a European private collection, acquired in the 1970s.

Literature

For similar appliqués with gorgon's heads, cf. Williams D. and Ogden J. Greek Gold, London, 1994, p.131, pl.74.

CONDITION

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LOT 0002

Greek Gold Repoussé Bracteate Set

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,720

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