A PAIR OF LARGE WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD PENDANT EARRINGS
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.
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A PAIR OF LARGE WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD PENDANT EARRINGS CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.
Each with suspended triangular-shaped pendant attached to twisted wire ear loop, the pendant plate decorated with a raised network design of granulation in box setting with serrated rim
2.5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long average (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. B. Deppert-Lippitz, Griechischer Goldschmuck, Mainz, 1985, pp. 59 and 101, fig. 24 and col. pl. V opp. p. 112 for similar ornamentation.