Two Hellenistic Style Gold and Enamelled Rosettes

20TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/4 in. (19.16 grams total, 31-21 mm).

Each formed as a tubular neck pierced four times underneath an applied pelleted border, supporting two flower-shaped thin plaques with raised rim, enclosing a central flower formed from coiled wires with green and white enamel, surrounded by applied wires with arrow-shaped finials. [2]

Provenance

Ingrid McAlpine, 1939-2018.
with McAlpine, circa 1994.
with Woolley & Wallis, Sailsbury, 19 September 2019, no.1978.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13164-249666.

Literature

See The British Museum, item number 1963,0524.1.a-d; rosettes at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

CONDITION

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