Western Asiatic Gold Leech Earring

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 1/8 in. (5.03 grams, 30 mm).

Composed of a hollow-formed c-shaped body with six rows of conical bosses and four filigree ropework bands. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Part of a collection acquired around 1900; and thence by decent 1940s.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 1984.175.43a,b., for similar.

CONDITION

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