Details
A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
Each with pan-shaped disc, with stylized rosettes and palmettes radiating from central rosette, all with beaded wire borders, beneath four lengths of double loop-in-loop chain, in pairs, terminating either with an ivy-leaf or rosette below which hangs an amphora pendant, each pair flanking an inverted pyramidal pendant (one missing), with rosette masking the linking rings, the square top with pyramidal clusters of grains at each corner, tapering downwards with pairs of biconical beads with beaded wire between, the lower part with spiralling plain and beaded wires, terminating in flower calyx, remains of enamel
2¼ in. (6 cm.) long (2)
.jpg?w=1)