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HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Each with a pan-shaped disk centered by a rosette, the long sheet petals rimmed in twisted wire, framed by spirals of twisted wire, some areas preserving dark and light blue enamel, the disk fringed with beaded wire, supporting a solid-cast Eros pendant, his sheet wings with incised feathering, depicted nude but for a sheet mantle draped over his arms and behind his shoulders, holding a phiale in his right hand, the hooked ear wire on the reverse now shortened and joined to modern ear posts
Each: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long (2)
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Each with a pan-shaped disk centered by a rosette, the long sheet petals rimmed in twisted wire, framed by spirals of twisted wire, some areas preserving dark and light blue enamel, the disk fringed with beaded wire, supporting a solid-cast Eros pendant, his sheet wings with incised feathering, depicted nude but for a sheet mantle draped over his arms and behind his shoulders, holding a phiale in his right hand, the hooked ear wire on the reverse now shortened and joined to modern ear posts
Each: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long (2)