CIRCA 350-320 B.C., TARENTINE

細節

A PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GOLD HELIX EARRINGS
CIRCA 350-320 B.C., TARENTINE
Each with hollow tapering tubular spiral, the ends terminating in a janiform head protome wearing Phrygian cap and coiled wire earrings, with broad collar decorated with serpentine filigree, small puncture holes
1 1/8 in. (2.6 cm.) high (2)

來源

Acquired in 1974.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品專文

PUBLISHED:
Antike Kunst, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1977, no. 55.

Cf. G. P. Carratelli, The Western Greeks, London, 1996, p. 736, no. 312 II for the type; for others similar, cf. D. Williams and J. Ogden, Greek Gold: Jewellery of the Classical World, The British Museum, London, 1994, p. 212, no. 145; and In Pursuit of the Absolute: Art of the Ancient World from the George Ortiz Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1994, no. 161.