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LOT 0105
Hellenistic Gold Eros Earrings
CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
3/4 - 7/8 in. (3.24 grams total, 18-21 mm).
Each formed as a round-section hoop with applied facing winged figure of Eros modelled in the half-round, the figure with granulation to the pubic area, wearing arm-rings and bracelets in his arms and a granulated necklace.
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Higgins, R.A., Greek and Roman Jewellery, London, 1961, plate 47, for type; Marshall, F. H., British Museum Catalogue of the Jewellery Greek, Etruscan and Roman, British Museum, 1969, no.1900, for type.
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