CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK GOLD PENDANT EARRING IN THE FORM OF A SIREN
CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
The tapering twisted gold wire ear hoop terminating in a tongued and beaded collar from which emerges the forepart of a bare-breasted siren whose talons rest on a sheet gold rectangular plate; and a Western Asiatic sheet gold covered bronze torque with alternating fluted and ring patterns terminating with two additional sheet gold lynx heads, circa 5th Century B.C.
1 1/8 in. (2.4 cm.) long and 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diam. respectively (2)
CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
The tapering twisted gold wire ear hoop terminating in a tongued and beaded collar from which emerges the forepart of a bare-breasted siren whose talons rest on a sheet gold rectangular plate; and a Western Asiatic sheet gold covered bronze torque with alternating fluted and ring patterns terminating with two additional sheet gold lynx heads, circa 5th Century B.C.
1 1/8 in. (2.4 cm.) long and 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diam. respectively (2)
Provenance
Sold Christie's London, 23 September 1998, part lot 9 (item one) and lot 15 (item two).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
Sale room notice
The illustration of this ring on page 35 of the printed catalogue has been wrongly labelled as lot 56, it should be labelled lot 55.