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LOT 0098

Hellenistic Gold Earrings with Eros

4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.

3/4 in. (4.02 grams total, 20 mm each).

Matched pair of earrings, each a head of Eros developing to a conical neck with applied filigree trails, coil to the curved shank. [2]

Provenance

Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12111-211866.

Literature

Cf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, items 1684-5, 1706-7.

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LOT 0098

Hellenistic Gold Earrings with Eros

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300

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