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    15 May 2002

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    • TWO GREEK GOLD EARRINGS WITH L
    Lot 300

    TWO GREEK GOLD EARRINGS WITH LION-HEAD TERMINALS

    EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.

    Price realised

    GBP 940

    Estimate

    GBP 850 - GBP 950

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    TWO GREEK GOLD EARRINGS WITH LION-HEAD TERMINALS
    EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
    Each with wire hoop composed of twisted wires hammered into a single wire at the point, one of the lion-heads with fine modelling and chased detail with beaded wire collar and row of darts, the other with similar collar, 1 in. (2.5 cm.) diam. av.; and two similar gold earrings with gazelle-head terminals, 3rd Century B.C., 5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) diam. max. (4)

    Provenance

    Items one and two: Stahlberg collection.
    Items three and four: Bochberg collection.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    Item two: Kunst der Antike, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1977.


    Lot Essay

    PUBLISHED:
    Items three and four: W. Hornbostel (ed.), Kunst der Antike, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1977, p. 477, no. 422.

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    Special Notice

    VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.


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