CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

AN EAST GREEK GOLD PENDANT
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
Of hammered sheet gold, the disc-shaped pendant with a central star motif with raised boss, bordered by bands of semicircles, and punched dotted circles, areas of 'false granulation' infill, with two cylindrical attachment loops, repaired
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Wilhelm Horn (1870-1959); acquired from Hofmann, 1936.

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:
K. A. Neugebauer, Antiken in Deutschem Privatbesitz, Berlin, 1938, p. 50, no. 228, pl. 94.
Antiken aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, Rheinischen Landesmuseum, Bonn, 1973-1974, pp. 248-249, no. 397, pl. 184.

This pendant may belong to a recognisable group of Greek Islands and Asia Minor works of the Geometric period characterised by a central star motif and false granulation. There are similarities to Etruscan work but no exact parallels. Cf. F. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1969, pp. 94 and 100, pl. XIII, nos 1159 and 1212 for similar.

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