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A GROUP OF GREEK GOLD JEWELLERY
CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GROUP OF GREEK GOLD JEWELLERY
CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Diadem: 9 in. (23 cm.) long
Provenance
Dr. Franz Haniel (1883-1965) collection, Germany; thence by descent.
Exhibited
On loan to the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich, 1966-1972. On loan to the Archaeological Collection of the University of Zurich, 1973-2020.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
For similar funerary diadem examples, see D. Williams and J. Ogden, Greek Gold Jewellery of the Classical World, London, 1994, pp. 234-235, nos 168-169.