3RD CENTURY B.C.

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A HELLENISTIC GOLD EARRING WITH PENDANT BIRD
3RD CENTURY B.C.
A gold disc above with central garnet inlay, a gold bead suspended from a coiled wire at one side, 3rd Century B.C., 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) high; a sheet gold snake-headed attachment, the head and upper body of the snake with detailed scales, attached to silver alloy rod below, 3rd-2nd Century B.C., 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) long; and two Etruscan style sheet gold ducks, each decorated with twisted wire, both ½ in. (1.3 cm.) long (4)

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Tierbilder, 1983, nos. 87 bis and 154 bis; Animals, 2004, VI, no. 57 respectively. Items three and four: I. Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1991, p. 283, no. 377, and S. Cassani (ed.), The Art of the Italic Peoples from 3000 to 300 B.C., Geneva, 1993, p. 226, no. 125.

See illustration for item one on page 105.

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