Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
C. Ede, Collecting Antiquities, London, 1976, pp. 123-125, pl. 337.
C. Ede, Collecting Antiquities, London, 1976, pp. 123-125, pl. 337.
JEWELLERY
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A Hellenistic gold dolphin necklace
3RD CENTURY B.C.
Details
A Hellenistic gold dolphin necklace
3rd Century B.C.
The figure-of-eight loop-in-loop chain interlinked with four gold dolphins and five twisted gold wire ovoid 'beads', the hollow sheet gold dolphins with filigree ornamentation and granules for eyes, two acting as terminals to the necklace with the hook and eye clasp emerging from their mouths
22in. (56cm.) long
3rd Century B.C.
The figure-of-eight loop-in-loop chain interlinked with four gold dolphins and five twisted gold wire ovoid 'beads', the hollow sheet gold dolphins with filigree ornamentation and granules for eyes, two acting as terminals to the necklace with the hook and eye clasp emerging from their mouths
22in. (56cm.) long