Lot 175
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A GREEK GOLD EARRING
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A GREEK GOLD EARRING

ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
A GREEK GOLD EARRING
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
The solid gold ring with one and a half twists, with stylized grape bunch terminal consisting of four columns of four slightly flattened beads, surmounted by a larger bead, with spiralled wire collar, and a similar, smaller, decoration on the lower loop
1.5 in. (4 cm.) long
Provenance
The Thétis Collection, Geneva, Switzerland; acquired prior to 1970.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
J-L. Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, pp. 42-3 and p. 152, no. 80.

It is suggested that earrings such as these would have been worn from a S-shaped loop. For similar from Rhodes, cf. F. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery, British Museum, 1911, p. 97, no. 1174.

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