A FINE LATE HELLENISTIC GOLD AND EMERALD PENDANT EARRING ORNAMENT

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A FINE LATE HELLENISTIC GOLD AND EMERALD PENDANT EARRING ORNAMENT
LATE 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
In the form of a crown of Isis with 'sun disc' and two granulated gold tapering 'feathers', another disc below with opaque green quartz inlay, with pearls attached and two gold pendant discs, a finely granulated gold 'amphora'-shaped pendant below, the handles in the form of elegantly curved dolphins, the body of the tapering amphora of emerald, tapering ear hoop now coiled at the back
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long

Lot Essay

Cf. Cleopatra's Egypt: Age of the Ptolemies, The Brooklyn Museum, 1988, p. 197, no. 84; and B. Segall, Katalog der Goldschmiede-Arbeiten, Benaki Museum, Athens, 1938, pp. 54-5, no. 42, pl. 16 for a pair of 'Crown of Isis' earrings.

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