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Lyon & Turnbull

77 - HELLENISTIC ANCIENT GREEK GOLD EARRING

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£320 (€384)

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Estimation

£400 - 600 (€470 - 720)

Sale fees

33.6%

HELLENISTIC ANCIENT GREEK GOLD EARRING EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, C. 3RD CENTURY B.C. worked gold, depicting a ram's head with a perforation going through the face for eyes and large sweeping horns, the collar decorated with a triangular pattern; the hoop emerging from the neck and formed of twisted gold, terminating in a hook, clasped to a loop in the rams' mouth 1.5cm across Provenance: The Property of a Lady; By whom sold Sotheby's, Antiquities, London 13th December 1990, Lot 99 (part); Acquired by Stanley J. Seeger (1930–2011) at the above; Thence by descent. For a similar example, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number 74.51.3468.

Auction details

Form Through Time
Thursday, November 26
03:00 PM
22 Connaught Street
W2 2AF London, United Kingdom

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Lyon & Turnbull +44 1 31 55 78 844 info@lyonandturnbull.com
On Drouot for 5 years avec More than 4,000 lots published

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