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HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
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A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS
Hellenistic Period, Circa 2nd Century B.C.
Each with a hoop of coiled wire tapering to a single wire that hooks through a loop on the underside of a goat head terminal, the head emerging from a collar ornamented with filigree tongues, the long horns and ears made separately and inserted, the eyes perhaps originally enamelled; now joined to modern earwires
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) long (2)
Hellenistic Period, Circa 2nd Century B.C.
Each with a hoop of coiled wire tapering to a single wire that hooks through a loop on the underside of a goat head terminal, the head emerging from a collar ornamented with filigree tongues, the long horns and ears made separately and inserted, the eyes perhaps originally enamelled; now joined to modern earwires
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
with J.R. Ogden & Sons, London, 1980s.