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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD BULL HEAD EARRINGS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Details
A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD BULL HEAD EARRINGS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Each with a tapering hoop of twisted plain wires, terminating in a bull head protome, with a collar of twisted wire tongues, joined to a section with filigree twisted wires, the bulls with separately-made ears, with bulging eyes and incised details
Each: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm.) long (2)
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Each with a tapering hoop of twisted plain wires, terminating in a bull head protome, with a collar of twisted wire tongues, joined to a section with filigree twisted wires, the bulls with separately-made ears, with bulging eyes and incised details
Each: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
with Dr. Philipp Lederer, Berlin, 1929 or prior.
August Neuerberg (d. 1944), tobacco mogul and art collector, Hamburg; thence by descent.
August Neuerberg (d. 1944), tobacco mogul and art collector, Hamburg; thence by descent.
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