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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALFRED E. MIRSKY, SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GRADUATE STUDENT PROGRAM OF THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY

A PAIR OF ETRUSCAN GOLD EARRINGS

CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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A PAIR OF ETRUSCAN GOLD EARRINGS
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Each composed of a curved hollow tube, one end with a lion head terminal, with a full mane of overlapping locks, an open mouth and a lolling tongue, the other end open and fringed with plain wire, three inverted pyramids of granulation below; together with a single Greek gold earring, Hellenistic Period, circa 3rd century B.C., with a bull head terminal, the collar with filigree wire ornament including plain and beaded wires and two sets of tongues, the hollow hoop formed of a rounded strap and a pair of twisted wires spiraled together, tapering into a single wire once hooked at the end to join the loop projecting beneath the bull's muzzle, a punched Greek inscription on the back of the bull's head
Each: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) long (3)

來源

Alfred E. Mirsky (1900-1974).

注意事項

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拍品專文

See no. 2202-2210 in Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum.

The single earring not illustrated.