CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A CYPRIOT GOLD BOAT-SHAPED EARRING
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With scrolling filigree and granulated pyramid decoration below the beaded collars; a gold hoof-shaped hinged pendant earring with gold wire and spheres, circa 2nd Century B.C./A.D., 1 in. (2.4 cm.) high max.; a pair of Mesopotamian leaf-shaped sheet gold earrings (misshapen), mid-3rd millennium B.C., 2¾ in. (7 cm.) long max.; two sheet gold animal head bracelet terminals; four gold ornamental disc attachments; an openwork disc pendant on chain; a Roman rectangular sheet gold appliqué with frontally facing human mask, circa 300 A.D.; six Greek sheet gold diadem leaves, circa 4th Century B.C.; two sheet gold appliqué rosettes, mid-1st millennium B.C.; and a gold ring with stone bead(a lot)
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
With scrolling filigree and granulated pyramid decoration below the beaded collars; a gold hoof-shaped hinged pendant earring with gold wire and spheres, circa 2nd Century B.C./A.D., 1 in. (2.4 cm.) high max.; a pair of Mesopotamian leaf-shaped sheet gold earrings (misshapen), mid-3rd millennium B.C., 2¾ in. (7 cm.) long max.; two sheet gold animal head bracelet terminals; four gold ornamental disc attachments; an openwork disc pendant on chain; a Roman rectangular sheet gold appliqué with frontally facing human mask, circa 300 A.D.; six Greek sheet gold diadem leaves, circa 4th Century B.C.; two sheet gold appliqué rosettes, mid-1st millennium B.C.; and a gold ring with stone bead(a lot)
Provenance
Reputedly De Clerq collection, Paris (last five items).Bense collection: sold Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1995, part lot 217.