Lot 321
321
A PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GOLD EARRINGS WITH FIGURES OF NIKE, the stepped concave disc with beaded wire around the rim, the centre with frontal face of Aphrodite, hook attached to the reverse, with pendant sheet gold figure of winged Nike, with her chiton swirling around her, one arm raised high above her head, circa 3rd Century B.C.

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A PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GOLD EARRINGS WITH FIGURES OF NIKE, the stepped concave disc with beaded wire around the rim, the centre with frontal face of Aphrodite, hook attached to the reverse, with pendant sheet gold figure of winged Nike, with her chiton swirling around her, one arm raised high above her head, circa 3rd Century B.C.
2¾in. (7cm.) long max. (2)

Lot Essay

This general type of earring, showing winged Nike, is well-known in the Hellenistic world from Italy to Asia Minor. The flimsiness of the present pair probably points to funerary use; for gold foil funerary examples, cf. Sambon, no. 116. Also, cf. Marshall, nos. 1845-1848, p. 200, pl. XXXII

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