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Hellenistic Gold Hoop Earrings

gold sheet with repoussé lion's head terminals (hung on modern 21-k gold earwires)

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Greece, 3rd - 1st Centuries BC

max. dim.: height: 19 mm. (3/4 in.)

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#229z

ex: American private collection, 1960s - 1970s. Acquired by the current owner in New York, early 1980s.

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Comparandum: ; Greifenhagen, Adolf; Schmuckarbeiten in Edelmetall Bd.2 (Berlin, 1970) taf.44.1-6

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