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A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS
Hellenistic Period, Circa 3rd Century B.C.
Each composed of a disk of plain sheet richly decorated on the front with an elaborate rosette of long and short sheet petals with beaded wire fringes springing from beneath a circular sheet with a single granule at the center, a thick beaded wire on the outer edge with granulated clusters disbursed between the tips of the long petals, a hooked earwire in back, the disks each supporting a pendant in the form of an eagle grasping a thunderbolt, one with the head turned to the right, one with the head turned to the left, the eagle's bodies with dense granulation and a filigree circle for the eye, with outstretched wings outlined with filigree and granulation, the wings punctuated above and below by blossoms of circular sheet with a single granule at the center, a similar flower between the legs, the thunderbolts with a central bead from which project spikes of sheet, the eagle flanked by and joined by wire to double tassels of plain beads interspersed with granulated double-disks, with granulated clusters at the tips
1½ in. (3.8 cm) long (2)
Hellenistic Period, Circa 3rd Century B.C.
Each composed of a disk of plain sheet richly decorated on the front with an elaborate rosette of long and short sheet petals with beaded wire fringes springing from beneath a circular sheet with a single granule at the center, a thick beaded wire on the outer edge with granulated clusters disbursed between the tips of the long petals, a hooked earwire in back, the disks each supporting a pendant in the form of an eagle grasping a thunderbolt, one with the head turned to the right, one with the head turned to the left, the eagle's bodies with dense granulation and a filigree circle for the eye, with outstretched wings outlined with filigree and granulation, the wings punctuated above and below by blossoms of circular sheet with a single granule at the center, a similar flower between the legs, the thunderbolts with a central bead from which project spikes of sheet, the eagle flanked by and joined by wire to double tassels of plain beads interspersed with granulated double-disks, with granulated clusters at the tips
1½ in. (3.8 cm) long (2)
Provenance
Marc Rosenberg, Karlsruhe
Literature
Rosenberg, Geschichte der Goldschmiedekunst auf Technischer Grundlage, Abteilung: Granulation, fig. 26 (for one).