MATCHED PAIR OF HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD LION-HEAD EARRINGS

Ca. 300 - 100 BC. A matched pair of gold earrings, each with a tapering hoop wrapped in fine wire and finished with a lion-head finial at the thicker end. The hoop is suspended from a long ear hook. For similar see: E. M. De Juliis, Gli Ori di Taranto in Et� Ellenistica, Cat. 116. Size: 33-35mm x 18-18mm; Weight: 20g Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a distinguished New York private collection, assembled between 1975 and 1995. The collection was authenticated in the early 1990s by Dr. Jack Ogden and Barbara Deppert Lippitz, leading specialists in ancient jewellery. A significant number of objects from this collection were also published in a professional catalogue. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter..

Estimate:£1,500

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