3RD CENTURY B.C.

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A PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GOLD SPHINX EARRINGS
3RD CENTURY B.C.
Hollow, each seated on an integral plinth with pierced hole on underside, with wings and striated hair, the ear wire in the form of the arching tail, attachment loop on crown of head, with mount
1½ in. (3.6 cm.) high av. (2)

Provenance

Baurat Schiller collection.
Wilhelm Horn (1870-1959); acquired from Schiller, 1934.

Exhibited

Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Prof. Dr. R. Zahn, Sammlung Baurat Schiller, Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-auctions-haus, katalog 2008, Berlin, 1929, p. 36, no. 61a-b, pl. 46.
Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974, p. 250, no. 400/1/2, pl. 182.

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