LATE CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 350-320 B.C.

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A GREEK GOLD SPIRAL EARRING
LATE CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 350-320 B.C.
With hollow tapering tubular spiral, the ends terminating in female head protomes, each with hair tied up with a fillet and wearing hoop earrings, and with beaded and plain wire collar
1½ in. (3.7 cm.) high

Provenance

The Thétis Collection, Geneva, Switzerland; acquired prior to 1970.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
J-L. Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, p. 71, no. 128.

For similar cf. D. Williams and J. Ogden, Greek Gold; Jewellery of the Ancient World, British Museum, 1994, p. 212, no. 145.

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