CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
细节
A GREEK GOLD PENDANT EARRING IN THE FORM OF A SIREN
CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
The tapering twisted gold wire ear hoop terminating in a tongued and beaded collar from which emerges the forepart of a bare-breasted siren whose talons rest on a sheet gold rectangular plate; and a Western Asiatic sheet gold covered bronze torque with alternating fluted and ring patterns terminating with two additional sheet gold lynx heads, circa 5th Century B.C.
1 1/8 in. (2.4 cm.) long and 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diam. respectively (2)
CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
The tapering twisted gold wire ear hoop terminating in a tongued and beaded collar from which emerges the forepart of a bare-breasted siren whose talons rest on a sheet gold rectangular plate; and a Western Asiatic sheet gold covered bronze torque with alternating fluted and ring patterns terminating with two additional sheet gold lynx heads, circa 5th Century B.C.
1 1/8 in. (2.4 cm.) long and 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diam. respectively (2)
来源
Sold Christie's London, 23 September 1998, part lot 9 (item one) and lot 15 (item two).
注意事项
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
拍场告示
The illustration of this ring on page 35 of the printed catalogue has been wrongly labelled as lot 56, it should be labelled lot 55.