A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS
A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Each boat-shaped with high arching earwires, ornamented through the center with filigree beaded wire tendrils framing an encircling band of larger beaded wire flanked by plain wires, three granules below, graduated in size, the terminals with fine filigree beaded wire petals descending from a ring of beaded wires framed by plain wire; joined to modern earwires
Each 1 3/16 in. (3 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Francesca Artuner, Brussels, 1992.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York (To Dress in Gold, Jewelry of the Ancient World, 2004, no. 21).

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