拍品專文
Item one: for similar, cf. D. Williams and J. Ogden, Greek Gold Jewellery of the Classial World, London, 1994, p. 237, no. 171.
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GREEK GOLD SPIRAL EARRING
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
細節
A GREEK GOLD SPIRAL EARRING
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Composed of sheet gold over a bronze core, with one and a quarter turns with lion head terminals, with open jaws and naturalistically modelled mane, 5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) long; and another with three and a half turns, sheet gold over a bronze core, possibly a hair ring, with female head terminal, the other terminal in the form of a rosette with central grain, 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long (2)
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Composed of sheet gold over a bronze core, with one and a quarter turns with lion head terminals, with open jaws and naturalistically modelled mane, 5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) long; and another with three and a half turns, sheet gold over a bronze core, possibly a hair ring, with female head terminal, the other terminal in the form of a rosette with central grain, 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long (2)
來源
Private collection, UK; acquired 1975.