HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

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SIX GREEK GOLD EARRINGS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
Including a pair of crescentic earrings, the gold wire hoop hung with leech-shaped pendant decorated with rows of granulation, a 'pomegranate' pendant suspended below; another pair, the loop with single granulate bead, a conical pendant below with small triangles of granulation; a single earring with twisted wire hoop and goat-head terminal, emerging from a collar with filigree decoration, with short horns; and another similar with calf-head terminal
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long max. (6)

Provenance

Item one and two; De Clerq Collection, Paris.
Item four; Probably De Clerq Collection, Paris.
All items; The Thétis Collection, Geneva, Switzeland; acquired prior to 1970.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Item one; A. de Ridder, Collection de Clerq, vol. VII, Paris, 1911, nos 720-721
J.-L. Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, p. 79, no. 144.
Item two-four; J.-L. Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, pp. 78-9, nos 145, 141 and 142 respectively.

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