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Hellenistic Gold Earring Pair with Nude Figures Hellenistic Gold Earring Pair with Nude Figures Hellenistic Gold Earring Pair with Nude Figures
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LOT 0079

Hellenistic Gold Earring Pair with Nude Figures

5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

1 1/8 in. (7.59 grams total, 29 mm each).

Matched pair, each with a nude female standing on a tiered base with hands on her hips, rosette above her head.

Provenance

Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 74.51.3520, for similar.

CONDITION
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LOT 0079

Hellenistic Gold Earring Pair with Nude Figures

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430

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