COLLECTION OF GREEK GOLD EARRINGS

Ca. 400 - 200 BC. A collection of five gold earrings, including, from left to right: an oval wire hoop ornamented with a granulated crescent and a vertical four-sphere drop; a plain oval hoop with simple hooked closure; a small hoop suspending a pyramidal mount set with a glass inlay; a pendant earring composed of a ribbed collar and spacer above a garnet bead and a hammered leaf-shaped drop; and a petite crescentic hoop finished with a granulated collar. For similar see: E. M. De Juliis, Gli Ori di Taranto in Et� Ellenistica, Cat. 62. Size: 12-32mm x 8-13mm; Weight: 4g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in Austrian private collection 1980s-early 1990s This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter..

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