Lot 45
45
A GREEK SILVER-GILT AND IRON PECTORAL FRAGMENT

Details
A GREEK SILVER-GILT AND IRON PECTORAL FRAGMENT
Circa 4th Century B.C.

The iron lunula-shaped collar with silver-gilt overlay, the vertical neck-guard ornamented with rectangular panels enclosing pairs of confronting seated lions, a cow's head between them, interspersed with eight-petalled rosettes, with concentric decorative bands below
4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Pectorals of this sort have been found in both Macedonia and Thrace, including an example from the Maltepe mound near Mezek in modern Bulgaria, and another from the so-called tomb of Philip II at Verginia. Although the form is not Greek, the style of the ornament indicates Greek workmanship.