拍品專文
Cf. F. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman in the Department of Antiquities, The British Museum, London, 1969, pp. 182-183, no. 180 for an almost identical example.
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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
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A PAIR OF HELLENISTIC GOLD AND ENAMEL SWAN EARRINGS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Consisting of a gold rosette disc with central circular enamel inlay set within gold filigree border, below hangs a pendant figure of a swan in white enamel over a gold core, heads turned to one side, the eyes, beak, collar, wings, feet and tail feathers in sheet gold and gold wire, standing on square-shaped sheet gold bases, on either side hang two gold chains, one threaded with gold beads and terminating in filigree flower, the inner of loop-in-loop gold wire terminating in granulated triangular-shaped pendant, behind the disc a long ear hook, one now straightened, some restoration to enamel
1½ in. (4 cm.) high max. (2)
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Consisting of a gold rosette disc with central circular enamel inlay set within gold filigree border, below hangs a pendant figure of a swan in white enamel over a gold core, heads turned to one side, the eyes, beak, collar, wings, feet and tail feathers in sheet gold and gold wire, standing on square-shaped sheet gold bases, on either side hang two gold chains, one threaded with gold beads and terminating in filigree flower, the inner of loop-in-loop gold wire terminating in granulated triangular-shaped pendant, behind the disc a long ear hook, one now straightened, some restoration to enamel
1½ in. (4 cm.) high max. (2)
來源
Acquired in the 1980s from a private collector in Krefeld, Germany, who had previously acquired the earrings in the 1970s.
注意事項
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