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CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS AND A FIBULA
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
The earrings each composed of a lobed seed-shaped pendant adorned with granulation, surmounted by a waisted cylindrical collar and joined by a suspension loop to a plain hooked earwire, with a two-tiered filigree rosette at the join; the fibula with a hollow arched bow and a long flat foot, the pin coiled into a spiral for tension, the upper surface of the bow with crosshatching, the tip of the foot a plain wire threaded with a spool-shaped bead and two disk-shaped beads, each rimmed in granulation, and a thin sheet band
Fibula: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) long (3)
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
The earrings each composed of a lobed seed-shaped pendant adorned with granulation, surmounted by a waisted cylindrical collar and joined by a suspension loop to a plain hooked earwire, with a two-tiered filigree rosette at the join; the fibula with a hollow arched bow and a long flat foot, the pin coiled into a spiral for tension, the upper surface of the bow with crosshatching, the tip of the foot a plain wire threaded with a spool-shaped bead and two disk-shaped beads, each rimmed in granulation, and a thin sheet band
Fibula: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) long (3)
Provenance
Malnati Collection, Paris.
with Galerie Gudea, Paris, 1980s.
with Galerie Gudea, Paris, 1980s.