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Pair of gold earrings with boat pendant. Hellenistic, 2nd half 4th century BC. 44g, l 8.2cm, ø disc 2.5cm. Round disc with filigree rosette decoration on the front and a hook on the smooth back. Attached to it is a boat-shaped pendant, covered with granulated decoration on the front and with ornamental tendrils of gold wire on the back. Small rosettes at the tips of the boat, a palmette with volutes in the center. Small rosettes at the lower end of the boat pendants, to which foxtail chains are attached, ending in rosettes with acorn and spindle-shaped pendants. Magnificent pieces! Gold! Cf. C. Adams (ed.), Greek Jewellery from the Benaki Museum Collections (1999) pp.190f., fig. 133; M. Pfrommer, Untersuchungen zur Chronologie Früh- und Hochhellenistischen Goldschmucks (1990) pp. 197ff. B. Deppert-Lippitz, Griechischer Goldschmuck (1985) p. 181f., ill. 129. restored, one granule bead missing, otherwise intact. Provenance: Ex collection A.N., Munich, since before 1999.

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Pair of gold earrings with boat pendant. Hellenistic, 2nd half 4th century BC. 44g, l 8.2cm, ø disc 2.5cm. Round disc with filigree rosette decoration on the front and a hook on the smooth back. Attached to it is a boat-shaped pendant, covered with granulated decoration on the front and with ornamental tendrils of gold wire on the back. Small rosettes at the tips of the boat, a palmette with volutes in the center. Small rosettes at the lower end of the boat pendants, to which foxtail chains are attached, ending in rosettes with acorn and spindle-shaped pendants. Magnificent pieces! Gold! Cf. C. Adams (ed.), Greek Jewellery from the Benaki Museum Collections (1999) pp.190f., fig. 133; M. Pfrommer, Untersuchungen zur Chronologie Früh- und Hochhellenistischen Goldschmucks (1990) pp. 197ff. B. Deppert-Lippitz, Griechischer Goldschmuck (1985) p. 181f., ill. 129. restored, one granule bead missing, otherwise intact. Provenance: Ex collection A.N., Munich, since before 1999.

Estimate 8 000 - 10 000 EUR
Starting price 8 000 EUR

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munich, Germany
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