A pair of Hellenistic gold, garnet and enamelled bull-headed earrings

3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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A pair of Hellenistic gold, garnet and enamelled bull-headed earrings
3rd-2nd Century B.C.
Each with tapering twisted gold wire hoop terminating in a bull's head with short curving horns crowned by a garnet tear-shaped headdress, the bull with white enamelled eyes and blue pupils, emerging from a filigree collar, the base of which is divided into triangular-shaped segments inlaid with alternating white and blue enamel (some missing)
1¼in. (3.1cm.) long av. (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. R. A. Higgins, Greek and Roman Jewellery, London, 1961, p. 162, pl. 47A for a gazelle-headed earring with inlaid eyes and head ornament.

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