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HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD AND AGATE EARRINGS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Each with a high arching earwire joined to the back of a circular box, the front ornamented with a domed rosette framed by beaded and plain wires, the petals rimmed with beaded wire, an amphora pendant suspended below composed of a banded agate bead capped with gold hemispheres of petals rimmed with beaded wire, on a cylindrical stem joined to a square foot, the wire handles with leaf-shaped terminals at each end
Each: 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long (2)
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Each with a high arching earwire joined to the back of a circular box, the front ornamented with a domed rosette framed by beaded and plain wires, the petals rimmed with beaded wire, an amphora pendant suspended below composed of a banded agate bead capped with gold hemispheres of petals rimmed with beaded wire, on a cylindrical stem joined to a square foot, the wire handles with leaf-shaped terminals at each end
Each: 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
American Private Collection, 1970s.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 2004 (To Dress in Gold, no. 76).
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, 2004 (To Dress in Gold, no. 76).