112 - PAIR OF GOLD AND GLASS LYNX EARRINGS

PAIR OF GOLD AND GLASS LYNX EARRINGS Hellenistic art, 4th–2nd century B.C. A pair of earrings featuring a finely detailed lynx head; the filigree neck is adorned with a glass cabochon and extends into a twisted ring; the open mouth houses the clasp, which is adorned with a glass cabochon. Modern hooks. Height: 3 cm Gross weight: 9.39 g Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, May 30, 1986: lot 199 (ill.) Formerly in the collection of Llewellyn Thomas Evans, New Hampshire Sotheby’s, New York, December 8, 2000: lot 172 (ill.) Collection of Dr. Bierfreund, Germany Cahn International AG, Muenchenstein Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2011 Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA715) Caesar & Cleopatra, Historisches Museum Der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany, April 13–October 26, 2025 Bibliography: Sotheby’s, Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, New York, May 30, 1986, lot 199 Sotheby’s, Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, New York, December 8, 2000, lot 172 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 15 and 88 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 10, figs. 5 and 79 A Hellenistic pair of gold and glass lynx-headed earrings, 4th–2nd century B.C.