Hellenistic gold earrings with lion heads
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Object number
AR3301-01
| Object: |
Hellenistic gold earrings with lion heads
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| Material: |
Gold.
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| Period: |
Late 4th cent. BC to early 3rd cent. BC, Hellenistic. |
| Description: |
Two gold earrings with a lion's head. Each earring is curved in an almost circular shape, one end made of wire, widening into a hollow body. The other end is a fully plastic head made of thin gold sheet, a typical Hellenistic design. It is the head of a lion. Behind it there are rich ornaments of granules and applied spirals. The lion head earrings differ slightly, the head is almost identical, but the transition to the foot end is a continuation of the hollow body made of sheet gold on one earring, on the other earring it is made of spirally wound gold wire. |
| Dimensions: |
24mm x 19mm and 23mm x 19mm, respectively.
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| Condition: |
Good condition. Some damage to the lion heads and slight deformations.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us on the art market in 2022. Previously in the French private collection Levy. Acquired into the collection in 1982.
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| References: |
Cf. H. Hoffmann, P. F. Davidson, Greek Gold, p. 106, fig. 26. Cf. R. A. Higgins, Greek and Roman Jewellery, pl. 47, fig. C. Cf. B. Deppert-Lippitz, Griechischer Goldschmuck, p. 223, no. 158. |
| Authenticity: |
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