3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

Details

A LARGE HELLENISTIC GOLD GOOSE EARRING
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Composed of a goose or duck standing on a double pedestal base, the bird with fine filigree decoration outlining its features, tail feathers and ornament across its breast, from the tail a hollow ring tapers into a hook which attaches to an elaborate composition placed above the bird's head composed of a circular setting surmounted by Isis crown of disc and feathers, with additional flower and tendrils, the whole decorated with filigree, hoop now in two sections
1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Bochberg collection.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
W. Hornbostel (ed.), Kunst der Antike, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1977, p. 479, no. 423a.

Cf. F. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, The British Museum, London, 1911, p. 198, no. 1840, pl. XXXII, for the type.

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